Rank: Private First Class
Unit: C Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 14-Sep-1947
Hometown: West Linn, Oregon
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 27-Oct-1966
Start of tour: 27-Mar-1967
Incident date: 19-May-1967
Date of casualty: 19-May-1967
Age at death: 19
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Dale William Tolbert was a passenger in a military vehicle when vehicle was hit by hostile anti-tank fire.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Mountain View Cemetery, Oregon City, Oregon, USA
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