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WILLIAM EDWARD DILLENDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1951 – March 20, 1971
Service recordWilliam Edward Dillender, of Naples, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1971, in Laos, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Naples, Florida (Collier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1971. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while Operation Lam Son 719 was under way. In Lam Son 719 (February–March 1971), South Vietnamese troops drove into Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, carried and supported by U.S. helicopters and aircraft; more than 100 U.S. helicopters were lost.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 60
- WILLIAM BURDON BEARDSLEYSpecialist Four · March 20, 1971
- JOHN JACOBSEN CHUBBPrivate First Class · March 20, 1971
- DENNIS THOMAS DARLINGPrivate First Class · March 20, 1971
- JOHN FRANCIS DUGANCaptain · March 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JACK LAMAR BARKERMajor · Panel 4W, Line 59
- JOHN JACOBSEN CHUBBPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 60
- JOHN FRANCIS DUGANCaptain · Panel 4W, Line 60
- RONALD DEAN KARAUSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 61
- JOHN LEROY TRUESDELLSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 62
From Naples
- DALE VINCENT BREMERMAN JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- GEORGE DENNIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT HUGH STEELECorporal · August 28, 1967
- JOHN LUMSDEN BARNESSpecialist Five · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM NEIL FLINTStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLIE C ANTHONYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- FREDERICK RICHARD LEVINSSergeant · June 16, 1970
- LARRY GENE BATCHERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
- JON HUBBARD SANDERSTechnical Sergeant · April 15, 1972
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.