Dale Tauer

Dale Tauer was born in Minnesota and graduated from high school in 1969. Dale tried to devise a plan to avoid being drafted but wound up getting drafted anyway. He trained at Ft. Bragg, North Carolina, and was initially assigned to a position as a clerical typist in Washington D.C. His assignment was changed, and Dale was sent to Vietnam in 1970 and was assigned to D Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He spent several months in the field patrolling with his unit until he was badly injured near Firebase Ripcord on July 20th, 1970. The enemy left him for dead, but he was found by other American soldiers and evacuated.