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EDDIE DISMAYA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 7, 1947 – August 8, 1968
Service recordEddie Dismaya JR, of King City, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 29
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 7, 1947
- Home of record
- King City, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 29
- JAMES MERTON EDWARDSLance Corporal · August 8, 1968
- REESE CURRENTI ELIA JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- GERALD PETER GATEWOODSergeant · August 8, 1968
- GARY LEE HIGBEECaptain · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DEAN BUSBYSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 28
- HERBERT E ILGENFRITZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 30
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · Panel 49W, Line 31
- ZACHARY PHILLIP NEWPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 32
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 33
- PAUL ROSS SAVACOOL JRPrivate · Panel 49W, Line 33
- LESLIE JON TEGTMEIERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 33
- ALAN DALE TRUCANOSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 34
- JAMES MICHAEL WALSHSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 34
From King City
- LESTER EDWARD SMART JRSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- RAYMOND FREDRICK EADESergeant · March 24, 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.