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MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 27, 1950 – December 30, 1969
Service recordMichael Phillip Dimmer, of Glendale, Arizona, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 864 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Glendale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 111
- THOMAS WILMER MYNESSergeant · December 30, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY RAPP JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
- ROBERT LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1969
From Glendale
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- STEPHEN THOMAS HEPNERSecond Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
- JOE EDWARD KINSEYCorporal · December 29, 1967
- SAM FESTIS BEACH JRCaptain · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ALBERT MARTINEZ RIZOCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JAMES LEE KRISELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- JOSE ANGEL SANTA CRUZPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.