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MICHAEL RAYMOND DADISMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 9, 1950 – June 24, 1970
Service recordMichael Raymond Dadisman, of Newark, Delaware, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Newark, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 88
- MICHAEL LEE CONKLINSergeant · June 24, 1970
- JAMES WALTER CRIDERMaster Sergeant · June 24, 1970
- ALBARO QUEZADA GARCIASpecialist Four · June 24, 1970
- JAMES BEN HICKSSergeant · June 24, 1970
From Newark
- DOUGLAS DWIGHT ALLEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · April 3, 1966
- LAWRENCE LEE LASALLECorporal · March 17, 1967
- JON JAMES HAYDENConstructionman · August 16, 1967
- FRANCIS BRADFORD AMOROSOCorporal · September 3, 1967
- ROBERT W DIEFFENBACH JRSpecialist Four · October 18, 1968
- ALAN GWINN GEISSINGERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- EARL RAY WEBB JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- RICHARD ALAN BOWMANCorporal · June 9, 1970
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 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.