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JAMES RICHARD DYER
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
July 12, 1942 – August 6, 1965
Service recordJames Richard Dyer, of El Monte, California, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 6, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 48
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
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Constructionman (CN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 10 3 NC BDE
- Born
- July 12, 1942
- Home of record
- El Monte, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 48
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CALPSergeant First Class · August 6, 1965
- HAROLD EDWIN GRAY JRLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1965
- GEORGE THOMAS VERDINEKLance Corporal · August 8, 1965
From El Monte
- DONALD EUGENE SMITHSergeant First Class · November 13, 1964
- BENJAMIN BELTRA CASTANEDAStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1965
- RIGOBERTO C CHACONSergeant · July 15, 1965
- THOMAS HARRY MAYNARDPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- ARLOS CLAYTON WILDERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · May 22, 1966
- CLIFTON E BENNETTSpecialist Four · August 8, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · March 30, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES STEWARTCorporal · April 1, 1967
- ROBERT GARRY ROSSPrivate First Class · May 10, 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.