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DIETER HERBERT DISCHHAUSER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 19, 1935 – August 10, 1971
Service recordDieter Herbert Dischhauser, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 9
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1935
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1971
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 9
- KEVIN ALONZO RINARDFirst Lieutenant · April 24, 1971
- JOHNNIE RAE SLYSpecialist Four · April 24, 1971
- TOMMY DAVE SMITHSergeant First Class · April 24, 1971
- JOSE ANTONIO SOTO-FIGUEROASergeant · April 24, 1971
- ROBERT FRITZ SPEERSpecialist Five · April 24, 1971
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.