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JEFFREY STEPHEN DYER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 25, 1948 – April 12, 1969
Service recordJeffrey Stephen Dyer served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 63
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 25, 1948
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 63
- FELIX ANTONIO CALDERONSergeant · April 12, 1969
- DONALD GLENN DROZLieutenant (junior grade) · April 12, 1969
- STEPHEN MICHAEL FRYLance Corporal · April 12, 1969
- FREDRICK MERVYN HALLCaptain · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CORBIN CLARK TINDALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 64
- RONALD JAMES KILLINGPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 65
- RICHARD KEITH LEMMONPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 65
- LOREN EDWIN WOOD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 69
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.