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ALVIN JAMES DIMOND
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 28, 1935 – June 11, 1965
Service recordAlvin James Dimond, of Sterling, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 11, 1965, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 7
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 28, 1935
- Home of record
- Sterling, Illinois (Whiteside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1965; seven of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 7
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- MARVIN GLEN SHIELDSPetty Officer Third Class · June 10, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- PAUL GLEN DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- MERLE EDWARD ESTESStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
From Sterling
- DAVID ARTHUR GRAYSecond Lieutenant · April 14, 1967
- GARY ALLEN LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- JERRY CELLETTICorporal · August 27, 1968
- HANS LOTHAR MILLSSpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
- STEPHEN JAMES KELLYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- JOHN R NAUGHTON JRSpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- DANIEL ROBERT TROYESergeant · March 28, 1970
- LEONARD WAYNE KNOXSpecialist Four · September 29, 1970
- STEPHEN CHARLES SELLETTWarrant Officer 1 · December 1, 1970
- JACK EDWARD SEARINGWarrant Officer 1 · October 17, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.