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LONNIE ADKEN DILBECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – January 1, 1969
Service recordLonnie Adken Dilbeck, of Fairhope, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 15
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairhope, Alabama (Baldwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 15
- CECIL JAMES CLACKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1969
- CHARLES STEVEN DUDDYAirman First Class · January 1, 1969
- STEVEN GALLEGOSSpecialist Four · January 1, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL HALLStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN GALLEGOSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 15
From Fairhope
- EDWARD MOSLEYTechnical Sergeant · October 15, 1967
- WILLIE RAY LAYPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- GLEN CAMERON KEENE JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 2, 1969
- ANDREW GEORGE HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · July 31, 1970
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.