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BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERT
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
March 23, 1927 – June 1, 1965
Service recordBernard Wayne Dibbert, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 129
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. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (82162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 23, 1927
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1965
- Age
- 38
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 129
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- HUGH MILLER ROBBINSMaster Sergeant · June 1, 1965
- DAVID MARION CHRISTIANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
- M D MCMICANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 2, 1965
Same unit, same day
- HUGH MILLER ROBBINSMaster Sergeant · Panel 1E, Line 129
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
- GUY DAVID JOHNSONCaptain · December 20, 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.