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JAMES LEO DIERYCK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1939 – August 19, 1965
Service recordJames Leo Dieryck, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- July 28, 1939
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1965; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 63
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- BRUCE DOUGLAS WEBBCaptain · August 18, 1965
- WILLIAM NEIL WILSONPrivate · August 18, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
From Duluth
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
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.