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JAMES ROBERT DINGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1944 – February 16, 1966
Service recordJames Robert Dinger, of Thompsonville, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Thompsonville, Michigan (Benzie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 41
- RONALD JOHN BENKE IIIPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- DAVID PETER BROWNPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LEN E CARRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LUIS DELA TORREPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- GARY BRUCE GORTONSergeant · February 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE GEAN LLOYDSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 40
- ROSS JAMES PATERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5E, Line 40
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.