Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Dale Joseph Hess
U.S. Marine Corps · United States United States

Dale Joseph Hess

Lance Corporal
1948 – 1968
Purple HeartNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 53E
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Lance Corporal Dale Joseph Hess served in the U.S. Marine Corps. Dale served in the Vietnam War. Dale was 19 years old.

How They Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Gunshot wound
Circumstance Killed in action
Place Quang Tri
Keepsakes
Dale Joseph Hess
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Service Record
U.S. Marine Corps
L CO, 3RD BN, 9TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
0311: RIFLEMAN
LCPL
RIFLEMAN
QUANG TRI
1968
Pay grade E03.
Conflicts
Vietnam War
Awards & Decorations 4

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 53E · Line 15 cut as DALE J HESS
Burial Information
Cemetery Calvary Cem
In Our Keeping
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Dale Joseph Hess
Lance Corporal
U.S. Marine Corps
- 1968
3rd Battalion 9th Marines
Lance Corporal
Purple Heart National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
3rd Battalion 9th Marines - Insignia

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