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LESLIE MILTON DYSON JR
Private · U.S. Army
April 16, 1949 – August 27, 1968
Service recordLeslie Milton Dyson JR, of Takoma Park, Maryland, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 40
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Takoma Park, Maryland (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 40
- DANIEL PATRICK DROSZCZPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- WILLIAM F FLAHERTY IIICorporal · August 27, 1968
- ROGER LEE FRAKERPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY CELLETTICorporal · Panel 46W, Line 38
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · Panel 46W, Line 40
- ROY CARROLL REGISTERStaff Sergeant · Panel 46W, Line 44
From Takoma Park
- NEIL KIRK MACIVERPrivate First Class · May 29, 1963
- ROBERT EMERSON TAYLORSecond Lieutenant · March 14, 1966
- JOHN LEIF NIELSONPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- RICHARD EUGENE SWABCorporal · June 29, 1968
- ALBERT OTTO KRAUSSERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1969
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.