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DAVID WAYNE DYER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 2, 1947 – January 7, 1968
Service recordDavid Wayne Dyer, of Arroyo Grande, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 66
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Arroyo Grande, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 66
- STEPHEN EDWARD COALSONPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- CLAUDE HESSON DORRISStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ-LESTONStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- DAN THOMAS WARDSHospitalman · January 7, 1968
From Arroyo Grande
- DELAINE ARNOLD A CHAP JRSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- JOE DON RAMEYSpecialist Five · May 21, 1970
- LUCIO JON REISSpecialist Four · February 11, 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.