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DAVID THOMAS DINAN III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
January 26, 1944 – March 17, 1969
Service recordDavid Thomas Dinan III, of Nutley, New Jersey, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 17, 1969, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 62
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 34 TFS
- Born
- January 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Nutley, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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 29W, Line 62
- JOHN ANDREW LESTELLE IIPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- RAIMUNDO MARQUEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- EARL THOMAS QUILLENPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JOHN LEONARD RUETHSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
From Nutley
- ARTHUR REGOCorporal · January 26, 1966
- RICHARD STANLEY BATESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD VANHOUTENPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- MATTHEW MURICE DWYER JRLance Corporal · February 28, 1968
- RICHARD GREENSPANPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- ALFRED JOSEPH CRITELLIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
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.