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RICHARD HALL DILLON JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 20, 1949 – May 19, 1968
Service recordRichard Hall Dillon JR, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 63E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63E · Line 8
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- September 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 63E, Line 8
- JOSEPH EDWIN DAVIESMajor · May 19, 1968
- JOHN DENNIS DONOVANSergeant · May 19, 1968
- BENJAMIN THOMAS FOLCKSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- DANNY RAY SWOFFORDSergeant · May 19, 1968
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.