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JAY CEE DYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 22, 1943 – February 26, 1968
Service recordJay Cee Dyer, of Dearborn, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Dearborn, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 37
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · February 26, 1968
- GARFIELD EVANSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1968
- MICHAEL SHERIDAN GARRETTPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- RODGER RAY HERTELFirst Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CALVIN HART BIGGERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 35
- ERNEST CHAFFINS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 41E, Line 36
- MICHAEL COTTONPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 36
- STEVEN VICTOR GOLDSTEINPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 38
- ROBERT ALLEN JANSSergeant · Panel 41E, Line 39
- ANTHONY LAROCCOPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 39
- ISMAEL MENENDEZ-OCASIOPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 41
- MARK EDWARD POLICASTROPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 42
- ROBERT LEE WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 45
- JOSEPH ANTHONY ZUNIGACorporal · Panel 41E, Line 46
From Dearborn
- DENNIS CHARLES STANCROFFLance Corporal · December 24, 1965
- DAVID LEON SMITHLance Corporal · February 13, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JOHN FLOYD COCHRANEFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1966
- WILBERT GENE PENNELLSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- RONALD C SMITHSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- RAYMOND JOHN BOROWSKISergeant · May 20, 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.