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FREDERICK LEE DYER
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1945 – July 2, 1968
Service recordFrederick Lee Dyer, of Upland, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 36
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Field Artillery Officer (I) (0801)
- Born
- October 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Upland, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 36
- ALVIN KENNETH BENCHERSergeant · July 2, 1968
- DICK DEGRAFSergeant · July 2, 1968
- RICHARD AUGUSTINE DEXTERPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN HAUPERTStaff Sergeant · July 2, 1968
From Upland
- APIMENIO LARASergeant · May 30, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW DENTONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
- JOHN PIO ROGONECorporal · June 29, 1968
- WAYNE JOSEPH BENESPrivate First Class · October 18, 1968
- ARTHUR JACK CARLPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY VOKESSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
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.