Samuel A. Dahlen
Era: Global War on Terror
Military Branch: Marines
Mr. Dahlen has served in the Global War on Terror.
Mr. Dahlen served in the U.S. Marine Corps. In 2008, he and his unit served in Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He was assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWSS-172), Marine Wing Support Group 17 (MWSG-17), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW), Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, based out of Okinawa, Japan. They served a 7-month deployment to Iraq.
In 2008, his rank was Private 1st Class.
He is the son of Cindy Tungren and Jim Dahlen, both of Duluth, is a 2006 graduate of Denfeld High School and joined the Marines in April 2007.
Sources: “Service Notes,” Duluth News Tribune, August 14, 2008; Hermantown Star, December 18, 2008; “Service Notes,” Duluth News Tribune, December 21, 2008 (see below)
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Marine Corps Pfc. Samuel Dahlen, the son of Cindy Tungren and Jim Dahlen, both Duluth, is a 2006 graduate of Denfeld High School and joined the Marines in April 2007.
Source: “Service Notes,” Duluth News Tribune, August 14, 2008
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Marine Corps Pfc. Samuel A. Dahlen, son of Cindy L. Tungren and Jim R. Dahlen, and fellow Marines and sailors of Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWSS-172), Marine Wing Support Group 17 (MWSG-17), 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW), Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, recently returned from a seven-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terrorism.
MWSS-172 supplied support to the forward element of Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd MAW (Forward), to include tenant and visiting squadrons at A1 Asad Air Base, Anbar province, Iraq, as well as provided combat service support throughout the province.
MWSS-172 constructed more than 25 helicopter landing zones throughout Anbar province and built a refuel and replenishment point about 100 miles north of the Euphrates River, increasing the operation area of the 3rd MAW. Additionally, the squadron’s motor transportation company carried 103,062 tons of cargo more than 429,733 miles between March 25 and October 15, and the squadron’s explosive ordnance disposal unit aided the newly trained Iraqi ROD soldiers with controlled detonations as well as responded to local area requests for EOD support.
The sailors of MWSS-172 are primarily corpsmen, including augments from Marine Aircraft Group 36, MWSG-17, Naval Hospital San Diego and Naval Hospital Twenty-nine Palms, Calif. They maintained the squadron’s medical engagements with the Iraqi medical system as well as provided medical treatment to Iraqi civilians in remote villages.
MWSS-172 was the first Marine wing support squadron from the III Marine Expeditionary Force to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the first deployment of the squadron in support of the Global War on Terrorism.
Source: “Dahlen returns from Iraq,” Hermantown Star, December 18, 2008
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Marine Corp Pfc. Samuel Dahlen returned from a seven-month deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the global war on terrorism. Dahlen was a members of Marine Wing Support Squadron 172 (MWSS-172), Marine Wing Support Group 17, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Corps Air Station based out of Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. MWSS-172 constructed more than 25 helicopter landing zones throughout Anbar Province and built a refuel and replenishment point about 100 miles north of the Euphrates River. Additionally, the squadron’s motor transportation company carried 103,062 tons of cargo more than 429,733 miles between March 25 and Oct. 15, and the squadron’s explosive ordnance disposal unit aided the newly-trained Iraqi EOD soldiers with controlled detonations as well as responded to local are requests for EIO support.
Dahlen is the son of Cindy Tungren and Jim Dahlen, both of Duluth.
Source: “Service Notes,” Duluth News Tribune, December 21, 2008
