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HERBERT HUGH DILGER
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
January 21, 1943 – October 2, 1969
Service recordHerbert Hugh Dilger, of Valley Stream, New York, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 2, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 25
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- FLTACSUPPRON 50 NAS ATSUGI
- Born
- January 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Valley Stream, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “FLTACSUPPRON 50 NAS ATSUGI”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 25
- MICHAEL LEE BOWMANPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- NATHANIEL BUSHPrivate First Class · October 2, 1969
- ROLANDO CUEVAS DAYAOPetty Officer First Class · October 2, 1969
- DONALD CHESTER DEANPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYFORD JEROME HILLPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 17W, Line 28
- RICHARD ALLEN LIVINGSTONLieutenant · Panel 17W, Line 30
- WILLIAM RAY MOOREPetty Officer Second Class · Panel 17W, Line 30
- PAUL KIERSTEAD MOSERPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 17W, Line 30
- MICHAEL JAMES TYEPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 17W, Line 32
From Valley Stream
- RICHARD EDWARD GIDEONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES REITHMANNSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- ALBERT FRANCIS LUPOLI JRSergeant · July 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- ANGELO ANDREW PETRAGLIASpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM NELSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUEStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERTCaptain · January 27, 1971
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.