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MELVIN CARNILLS DYE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1947 – February 19, 1968
Service recordMelvin Carnills Dye, of Carleton, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 19, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 19
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Carleton, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 19, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
93 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 40E, Line 19
- ALBERT DANDRIDGEPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE DARLINGSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
- BILL WAYNE DEETZCaptain · February 19, 1968
- KENNETH PAUL EHNISSergeant · February 19, 1968
From Carleton
- CAREY EDWIN BESTSergeant · January 27, 1966
- RICK DUANE DEEDSLance Corporal · January 20, 1968
- FRANK RALPH MELL JRPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JAMES JONESPrivate First Class · October 26, 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.