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EMMETT L DRESSLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 24, 1938 – November 17, 1965
Service recordEmmett L Dressler, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 71
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1938
- Home of record
- Carlisle, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1965
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
161 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 71
- RALPH WAYNE BROWNPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD RAY BURCHSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- BARRY TYSON BURNITESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BURTON JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 72
- JAMES CHARLES JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 81
- PREZEL MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 87
From Carlisle
- DERWOOD D STEIGLEMAN JRSergeant · June 10, 1966
- EDWARD JAY RYKOSKEYLance Corporal · August 18, 1966
- GARY LEE REAMLance Corporal · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD KLEMM BOYD JRMajor · October 26, 1967
- JOHN LEROY CAREYLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- DAVID WARRINGTON CASEYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1968
- WAYNE EUGENE MONISMITHSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- ERIK NILES RUDZIAKFireman · January 16, 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.