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DANIEL ROBERT DYE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 22, 1944 – October 12, 1968
Service recordDaniel Robert Dye, of East Providence, Rhode Island, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 51
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 22, 1944
- Home of record
- East Providence, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 51
- ADOLFO MARTINEZ BEJARANOPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- JOE CANDELARIA R CARDENASStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD CARROLLWarrant Officer 1 · October 12, 1968
- GARY MORTEN CULBERTSONSergeant · October 12, 1968
From East Providence
- BRUCE ELWIN MANSFIELDTechnical Sergeant · June 5, 1966
- JOHN DUTRA ANDRADESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- WILLIAM GREGORY SILVASergeant · May 29, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM PIGOTTCaptain · May 18, 1969
- GEORGE LEANDER BOURNEHospitalman · August 7, 1969
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.