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MONTE DALE DYKES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1949 – August 29, 1969
Service recordMonte Dale Dykes, of Sherman, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Sherman, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 6
- JACKIE CLYDE DEHARTSpecialist Four · August 29, 1969
- KEITH ALLEN DEVRIESSpecialist Four · August 29, 1969
- RALPH DONALD GODFROYSpecialist Four · August 29, 1969
- ALBERT STEPHEN GRAFFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOYLE ANTHONY MORRISCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 7
From Sherman
- ARTHUR P WRIGHTCaptain · May 17, 1966
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- JERRY LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- LEONARD LEROY BEVELSSergeant · November 23, 1967
- DANNY LYNN GILSTRAPSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- DONALD ELLIOT WESTBROOKColonel · March 13, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS POLKLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- DONALD JAY ROEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- RONALD GENE PACESpecialist Four · March 30, 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.