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JOHN HARRY DILMORE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 16, 1951 – April 2, 1970
Service recordJohn Harry Dilmore, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 79
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 79
- JAMES EDWARD BYRDPrivate · April 2, 1970
- DONALD EDWARD CHAMBERSCorporal · April 2, 1970
- DALE ELLING CHRISTENSENMaster Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- RICHARD ELLIOTTSpecialist Five · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EVERETT EDWARD RINESPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 84
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.