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JOHN ALBERT B DILLARD JR
Major General · U.S. Army
September 1, 1919 – May 12, 1970
Service recordJohn Albert B Dillard JR, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, served as a Major General in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 50. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 23
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
- Major General (MG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Officer (0002)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- September 1, 1919
- Home of record
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 50
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 23
- FRED VINCENT COLELieutenant Colonel · May 12, 1970
- ARDIE RAY COPASSergeant · May 12, 1970
- THEODORE GLENN DREWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- RAYMOND ROBERT DULAK JRCaptain · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS BOOTHCaptain · Panel 10W, Line 22
- GRIFFITH ALFRED JONESSergeant Major · Panel 10W, Line 25
From Lake Charles
- DONNY RAY STEVENSCorporal · October 14, 1965
- DONALD C CORNETTFirst Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM VALRIE PHARRISPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN LISTEAirman · October 26, 1966
- SHELTON L BREAUXSergeant · December 8, 1966
- ANDREW RICHARD BROUSSARDPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- WALTER THOMAS KAY JRMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- JACK LEE CROXDALE IISpecialist Four · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
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.