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JAMES WILLIAM DIAL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 12, 1928 – May 6, 1968
Service recordJames William Dial, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 5
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 12, 1928
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 5
- GEORGE LOUIS DALESergeant First Class · May 6, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH DENISCOPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- DENNIS PAUL DUNSINGPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SANFORD RENE GABORIAULTStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 6
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 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.