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PATRICK MAURICE DILLON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1929 – December 18, 1969
Service recordPatrick Maurice Dillon, of Belmond, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 69
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 8, 1929
- Home of record
- Belmond, Iowa (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 69
- SAMUEL HARRY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · December 17, 1969
- RONALD JOHN BINKOWSKISpecialist Four · December 18, 1969
- RICHARD WELDON BOSWELL JRCorporal · December 18, 1969
- WILLIAM RANDALL CRANEFirst Lieutenant · December 18, 1969
From Belmond
- DWIGHT EARL HINMANSpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
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.