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DWIGHT LEROY BASEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1947 – November 19, 1966
Service recordDwight Leroy Basey, of Anderson, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 86
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Anderson, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 86
- BILLY JOE WAYMIREChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 18, 1966
- TED BELCHERSergeant · November 19, 1966
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- JAMES MONTGOMERY JOHNSTONECaptain · November 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- TED BELCHERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 86
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 86
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 87
- EDMUND VALENTINE DLUGOKINSKISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 87
- AUDLEY M FEDERLINE JRCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 88
- JESSE LEE HARRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 88
- JAMES HORACE KENNARDPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 89
- LEWIS ROY KIRBYSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 89
- ROBERTS MACHADOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 89
- JAMES OHLINGERPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 90
- FRANKIE LEON PRIESTSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 90
- ROBERT DEWAYNE MCCOWNPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 91
- ROBERT GEORGE RUDOLPHSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 91
- THOMAS ROBERT SERRANOSpecialist Five · Panel 12E, Line 91
- HERBERT CARSON SHUPESpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 92
- MICHAEL DEWITT SWANGINSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 92
From Anderson
- ROY ELDON FREEMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1966
- TERRY PETE REDICLance Corporal · June 16, 1966
- DAVID GEORGE HUTCHINGSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- TOMMIE JOE CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- CARL T FUNKHOUSERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1966
- JERRY ROBERT BLOOMERSpecialist Four · September 12, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FOWLERPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHESTER RAYMOND PAVEYGunnery Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- DANIEL LOUIS ALBERTSSpecialist Four · March 31, 1967
- CARMAN KEETON HICKSLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
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.