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DENNIS JAMES DILLON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
June 17, 1949 – June 23, 1970
Service recordDennis James Dillon, of San Marcos, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 82
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1949
- Home of record
- San Marcos, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 82
- THOMAS RICHARD BROWNSeaman · June 23, 1970
- DARRELL EDWARD BURNSSergeant · June 23, 1970
- NEWTON STEVE CLEMENTStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1970
- HAROLD EUGENE COWANCorporal · June 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL JOHN HALLOWSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 83
- JAMES WARREN LENZPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 84
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 85
From San Marcos
- ERNEST LEE CLARKSpecialist Four · May 21, 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.