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DENNIS RAY DIEBALL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 20, 1948 – November 1, 1967
Service recordDennis Ray Dieball, of Oceano, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 2
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Oceano, California (San Luis Obispo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 2
- ALBERT BRILLO JRSergeant · November 1, 1967
- RICHARD GLEN DAVISLance Corporal · November 1, 1967
- GARY LYNN GASCONPrivate First Class · November 1, 1967
- EDWARD EARL HARSON JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE BUSTER SULLENS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 5
From Oceano
- PETE SPRULE SEGUNDOSergeant · September 5, 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.