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GARVIN WAYNE DILL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1949 – May 25, 1970
Service recordGarvin Wayne Dill, of Manila, Arkansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 96
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Manila, Arkansas (Mississippi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 96
- LAWRENCE JOE CRAWFORDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- LUTHER EUGENE DAVISStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1970
- RIOS PABLO G P DELOS JRSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- JAMES EDWIN DOLANSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST CLAUDE BALLANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 93
- GREGORY ALLEN BLAKENEYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 94
- HAROLD RAY BURTONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 95
- MICHAEL JOHN CHAMBERLAINCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 95
- GREGORY JOHN MAYNARDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 98
- ROY JASPER SNYDERCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 100
- CHARLES ROYCE STEVENSONCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 101
From Manila
- SAMUEL LEE MODESITTStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- CARL JEROME MILLERPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
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.