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JERRY ALLEN DILLARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – October 16, 1968
Service recordJerry Allen Dillard, of Ridgeway, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 66
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
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Ridgeway, Virginia (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 66
- JAMES ALLEN CROWLEY IIFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1968
- RICHARD NICHOL DEANGELISPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
- GEORGE BARKER HAMILTONFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1968
- DAVID JAMES LEVIERPrivate First Class · October 16, 1968
From Ridgeway
- DOUGLAS LEE FOLEYSecond Lieutenant · September 2, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNSLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN SOUTHERFireman · June 15, 1971
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.