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HARRY GORDON DYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 20, 1943 – June 28, 1966
Service recordHarry Gordon Dyer, of Portales, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 104
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1943
- Home of record
- Portales, New Mexico (Roosevelt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 104
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- CARL EUGENE FELLSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- CARL RICKIE HUTSONPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- ADRIEN MANU JORDAN-MOLEROSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL ALICEA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BINGHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- DONALD EDWARD BYRUMPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 103
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 104
- CARL EUGENE FELLSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 104
- PEDRO LUIS LAMOURT-TOSADOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- ARTHUR G MITCHELLPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- RUSSELL LEE PRICESergeant · Panel 8E, Line 105
- GERALD R ROLFPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 105
- LAWRENCE F RUNEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 105
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 106
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 106
From Portales
- JERRY HAROLD BRYANTPrivate First Class · January 26, 1967
- LLOYD EDGAR SMITHSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- JOE CARL SHAWCaptain · August 21, 1969
- PAUL EDWARD WOLFESpecialist Four · December 2, 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.