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DONALD L DRYOEL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 18, 1943 – April 24, 1966
Service recordDonald L Dryoel, of Rock Island, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 131
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
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Rock Island, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 131
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- JOHN ALBERT FONTAINEPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LELAND ADAMSSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 130
- JOHN ALBERT FONTAINEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 131
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 131
- ALLEN BRACKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 132
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · Panel 6E, Line 132
- RICHARD ANTHONY RECUPEROPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 132
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · Panel 6E, Line 133
From Rock Island
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- DANNY WRAY ENGESSERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- CHARLES JOSEPH ROGIERSMaster Sergeant · October 3, 1967
- DARWIN DALE GORDONPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- ARTHUR DALE SINKSENCorporal · June 2, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ALLEN EDWARD GUYSergeant · August 26, 1968
- KENNETH JOSEPH KNOEFERLGunnery Sergeant · March 18, 1969
- JAMES MICHEAL KINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM RANSONCorporal · April 7, 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.