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ROSS ALLEN DYKEMA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 14, 1948 – December 3, 1967
Service recordRoss Allen Dykema, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 3, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 29
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 3, 1967; seven of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 29
- CHRISTOPHER ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 3, 1967
- WESLEY GREENCaptain · December 3, 1967
- WINSTON CLINTON HAMILTONCorporal · December 3, 1967
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH HEALYSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 29
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 30
- DWAYNE MAXIFIEL PATTERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 30
- DANIEL QUINNStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 30
- WILLIAM WILLAR STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 31
- OTIS FRANKLIN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 31
- WALTER LEON TILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 31
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 25, 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.