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IRBY DYER III
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 12, 1943 – December 2, 1966
Service recordIrby Dyer III, of Midland, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1966, in Laos, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- June 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Midland, Texas (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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
Also on Panel 13E, Line 4
- BRUCE CHALMERS DUCATMajor · December 2, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- KENDALL EMANUEL GEORGECorporal · December 2, 1966
- MEHMET ALI GILL-BEYPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 3
- WILLIE ERNEST STARKSergeant Major · Panel 13E, Line 7
From Midland
- KENDELL DWAYNE CUTBIRTHStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1967
- TRAVIS A SIMMONS JRPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1967
- PAULINO GUTIERREZ LOPEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1967
- BRUCE HALLSpecialist Four · December 27, 1967
- RAYMOND ALVIS NIEDECKENPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBB STALLLance Corporal · January 18, 1968
- GARY EUGENE WATSONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1968
- CECIL CURTIS MCKINNEYSpecialist Five · October 5, 1968
- RUFUS WELDON HODGESSpecialist Four · January 17, 1969
- RAUL LERMA SEGOVIASpecialist Four · January 30, 1969
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.