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DAVID ANDREW DILLON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 28, 1942 – July 20, 1966
Service recordDavid Andrew Dillon, of Spring Valley, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1966, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 68 AVN CO
- Born
- May 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Spring Valley, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1966; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “68 AVN CO”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9E, Line 45
- JOSEPH LEON BYRNE JRPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- STEPHEN MANTON CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
- S W GEORGEFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JAY KINKEADEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9E, Line 48
- DANIEL ALVEY LAMBDINChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9E, Line 48
From Spring Valley
- RICHARD WENDAL HOMUTHLieutenant · May 23, 1967
- DAVID RUSSELL JONESLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SEAMAN JRPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- KELLY WAYNE WEITZELPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL NICHOLAS MASUENWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1969
- RONALD GENE LAUDERDALEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1969
- JAMES DAVID ANELLACorporal · March 5, 1970
- NICHOLAS WHITTIER VROOMANSpecialist Four · May 24, 1970
- PETER MITCHELL LOPEZ JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1971
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.