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BERNARD GUY J DILLENSEGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1946 – September 4, 1971
Service recordBernard Guy J Dillenseger, of Alexandria, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Alexandria, Virginia (Alexandria (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 10
- ROBERT EARL WOODSPrivate First Class · September 3, 1971
- JOHN HENRY BATTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1971
- MARTIN WAYNE GRONBORG JRCaptain · September 4, 1971
- EDWARD LAWRENCE HARRISSpecialist Four · September 4, 1971
- JAMES PAUL PETTIEGREWSpecialist Four · September 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN WAYNE GRONBORG JRCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 10
From Alexandria
- LEWIS LYNN STONEFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- RAY BURMASTER BROWNESergeant · January 16, 1964
- JOHN ANTHONY WINKLERSeaman Apprentice · November 22, 1965
- PAUL M BAYLISSCaptain · November 7, 1966
- CARL L YOUNGMajor · December 24, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD KARASMajor · February 3, 1967
- WAYNE LAMONT JORDANCorporal · March 17, 1967
- RONALD WAYNE WARDPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICHARD HOLT FREUDENTHALLance Corporal · June 30, 1967
- JOSEPH CLARENCE SHARTZERPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
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.