Bristol Vietnam veteran shares about time in military service
Bristol resident and Vietnam War veteran Dale Henriksen was drafted in 1969 and served for a year as a corporal in the headquarter company 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division as a radio operator. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee
In 1969 Dale Henriksen, a current resident of Bristol, was drafted for the Vietnam War three months after graduating from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in engineering at the age of 24.
Along with 356 other Wisconsin draftees Henriksen attended his induction in Milwaukee, WI, and was informed three individuals would be selected to be sent to San Diego, CA to join the Marine Corps and the…
