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DONALD GARY DILLARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1946 – August 12, 1969
Service recordDonald Gary Dillard, of Wapato, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Wapato, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 12
- DAVID STEPHEN DETERSSecond Lieutenant · August 12, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK ECKLESCorporal · August 12, 1969
- JOSE LUIS FLORESSergeant · August 12, 1969
- DALE ERVIN FRUHLINGCorporal · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE PAUL CLARKCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 11
- LAWRENCE DAY GREEFFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 13
- DAVID OSCAR HAAKESergeant · Panel 19W, Line 14
- JAMES LARRY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 16
- BRADLEY JOSEPH SIMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 23
From Wapato
- FORREST LEE RAMOSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1967
- LEONARD MIRAMONTEZLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- LEON LOUIS VIVETTELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JUAN SANCHEZ OZUNASergeant · December 15, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER HENRY INAYLance Corporal · October 11, 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.