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DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETT
Private · U.S. Army
December 29, 1947 – November 25, 1967
Service recordDewey Allen Midgett, of Chesapeake, Virginia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 335 AVN CO
- Born
- December 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Virginia (Chesapeake (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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
Also on Panel 30E, Line 86
- ROBERT LUCIAN MLYNARSKISecond Lieutenant · November 25, 1967
- EVART EUGENE ROBESONMajor · November 25, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY SEARFUSCommander · November 25, 1967
- NORMAN JAMES VANDERSKISpecialist Four · November 25, 1967
From Chesapeake
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- LOUIS FRANKLIN STAPLESLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ELBERT ELISAH COX JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · May 30, 1968
- MELTON LAVONE KIDDPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.