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WILLFORD LEON DYER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 30, 1931 – April 19, 1968
Service recordWillford Leon Dyer, of Cleveland, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1931
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Tennessee (Bradley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 46
- WILLIAM ROY DENNISStaff Sergeant · April 19, 1968
- KEVEN THOMAS DIREENPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRANK LOUIE FREEDLESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE GARDNERSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES C BEARDPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 44
- DAVID KIM DEETERPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 45
- KEVEN THOMAS DIREENPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 46
- JUAN GOMEZ-RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 47
- DENNIS RAY HARTPENCEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 48
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 49
- EDWARD THOMAS MELLO JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50E, Line 50
- JERRY VERNON MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 51
- JENIES ISAAC MOBLEYSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 51
- TOMMY LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 3
- RUSSELL LEE THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 51E, Line 3
- FREDDIE WHITAKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 51E, Line 4
From Cleveland
- WILLIAM LEROY JOHNSONCaptain · October 25, 1965
- JIMMY RAY WOLFESpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- JOHNNY HICKEYSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- LARRY ANTHONY BRANAMPrivate First Class · March 19, 1970
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.