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MARTIN BARRY DYER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1948 – September 19, 1969
Service recordMartin Barry Dyer JR, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 113
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 4, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 113
- MONTY JAY EICHHORNPrivate First Class · September 19, 1969
- ROBERT LEROY FISHERFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1969
- RONALD LAWRENCE GUTKECorporal · September 19, 1969
- WILLIAM HALL JRSergeant · September 19, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.