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GEORGE ALFRED CHED DILLON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1948 – April 14, 1968
Service recordGeorge Alfred Ched Dillon, of San Anselmo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1948
- Home of record
- San Anselmo, California (Marin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 52
- JOSEPH EDMONDSLance Corporal · April 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE FUHRMANLance Corporal · April 14, 1968
- JAMES J GREBSergeant · April 14, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH NIELSENLance Corporal · April 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 51
- GARY HOYT LEARYPrivate First Class · Panel 49E, Line 53
- BENJAMIN EDWIN LENNARD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 53
- JAMES ROBERT NASHSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 54
From San Anselmo
- GEORGE WILLIAM STORZSergeant · March 8, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SCOFIELDCorporal · July 18, 1968
- WILLIAM BRADLEY DOUCETPetty Officer Second Class · May 16, 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.