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WAYNE THOMAS DILLMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1947 – February 8, 1968
Service recordWayne Thomas Dillman, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Vinh Binh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 25
- DOUGLASS J DENNISSpecialist Five · February 8, 1968
- GEORGE ROBERT DENSLOWSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
- GUY DOUGLAS DICKIEPrivate · February 8, 1968
- RICHARD WAYNE FRANCEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.