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JERRY WAYNE DILLOW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 28, 1948 – April 8, 1968
Service recordJerry Wayne Dillow, of Charles Town, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Charles Town, West Virginia (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 51
- MELVIN BERNARD BROWNSpecialist Five · April 8, 1968
- ROBERT HOWARD COLEGROVEStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1968
- GENE FRANCIS COLLIERPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
- CLAYTON ANDREW CRAFTPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT WILLIAM WARTHANStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 56
From Charles Town
- GEORGE SENSENY EYSTER JRLieutenant Colonel · January 14, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL WILLINGHAMStaff Sergeant · September 30, 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.