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LONNIE ALLEN DYKES
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1950 – June 10, 1970
Service recordLonnie Allen Dykes, of Buffalo, Wyoming, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 10, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 37
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Buffalo, Wyoming (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 37
- GARY MICHAEL BOOECorporal · June 10, 1970
- DAVID CONCEPCION-NIEVESSpecialist Four · June 10, 1970
- JAMES MIKE DAVISCorporal · June 10, 1970
- JAMES LOVES DELMONTSergeant Major · June 10, 1970
From Buffalo
- LARRY LYMAN WARNOCKSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- JOE WORTH GREENMajor · April 1, 1970
- THOMAS WILLIAM SKILESWarrant Officer 1 · December 19, 1971
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.