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JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALL
Master Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1921 – July 8, 1965
Service recordJohn Francis Dingwall, of Troy, New York, served as a Master Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on July 8, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Master Gunnery Sergeant (MGYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Avionics Maintenance Chief (6691)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMA 225 MAG 12 1 MAW
- Born
- February 28, 1921
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- July 8, 1965
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 31
- DONALD FRANK MARITPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- RICHARD CRAIG BRAMFirst Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- PAUL JOSEPH BRUNOSergeant · July 8, 1965
- JACK ORVAL EITELFirst Lieutenant · July 8, 1965
From Troy
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- BRUCE LEO CAREYSergeant · February 18, 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.