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JOHN EDWARD DILLARD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1947 – February 27, 1968
Service recordJohn Edward Dillard, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi 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 49
- STANLEY EDWIN GRAVES JRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- ROBERT LEE HAIRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS HARTZHEIMPetty Officer Second Class · February 27, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST EUGENE BEAMPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 47
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.