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JAMES L DILLARD III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1946 – September 13, 1968
Service recordJames L Dillard III, of Miami, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 47
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 47
- JOE A ELBERTFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1968
- EUGENE JOSEPH FEELEY JRPrivate · September 13, 1968
- LARRY LOUIS GAMBOTTOSergeant · September 13, 1968
- JOHN ALAN GERMEK JRSpecialist Four · September 13, 1968
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 1966
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.