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BERNARD DILLARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 8, 1943 – July 19, 1966
Service recordBernard Dillard, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 38
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 38
- JACK MONTGOMERY BROWN JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- STEPHEN WHITMAN DIAMONDMajor · July 19, 1966
- CHARLES ROGER FLEMINGPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
- CHARLES LESTER GETMANCaptain · July 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- HEARNE W BEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 35
- KENNETH MERLE BRANAMANPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 36
- DANNIE JAMES BREWINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 36
- THOMAS J BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 36
- JOHN TOSHIO DOIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 36
- RODGER DEAN CLAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 37
- CHARLES HENRY CRANESergeant · Panel 9E, Line 37
- JACK MONTGOMERY BROWN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 38
- CHARLES ROGER FLEMINGPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 38
- DALLAS EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 39
- DAVID WILLIAM HOLMESSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 39
- EUGENIO ROSADO-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 39
- ROBERT WAYNE RUHLPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 39
- MEREDITH GERALD HUBBARDSergeant · Panel 9E, Line 40
- LAMOND JOSEPH JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 40
- ALLEN LEO JELINEKPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 40
- RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSONMajor · Panel 9E, Line 40
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 9E, Line 41
- MICHAEL JERRY MUMMELStaff Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 41
- YOSHIIWA NAGATOFirst Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 42
- LEROY EMANUEL PETERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 42
- JOSE C GOSSESpecialist Four · Panel 9E, Line 43
- BERNARD ALAN GREENPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 9E, Line 43
- TURNER L THOMPSON JRCorporal · Panel 9E, Line 43
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.