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DANA ALLEN DILLEY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 22, 1940 – March 14, 1970
Service recordDana Allen Dilley, of Duncan Falls, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 14, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 126
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 22, 1940
- Home of record
- Duncan Falls, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 126
- JERRY DON COPELANDSpecialist Four · March 14, 1970
- JESUS HERNANDEZ DELEONCorporal · March 14, 1970
- CECIL LEE DOBSONSpecialist Four · March 14, 1970
- CALVIN WILLIAM KOLBStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1970
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.