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WILLIAM FRANK DYKES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 5, 1946 – October 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam Frank Dykes, of Kingsport, Tennessee, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 29, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 96
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Kingsport, Tennessee (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 96
- GEORGE W GABUROMaster Sergeant · October 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- LARRY RONALD HAVERSLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
- EDWIN MATTI KAHKONEN JRLance Corporal · October 29, 1967
From Kingsport
- KARL ANTHONY BROWNPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- RANDALL DOUGLAS YEARYSecond Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- WILLIAM JACKSON ROBERTSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- ROBERT BERYL STAFFORDSergeant · January 31, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS BUREM WADESecond Lieutenant · February 9, 1968
- ROBERT GLEN PRICESecond Lieutenant · May 4, 1968
- WILLIAM GUY POOLE IIISpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES LAFON TARTEFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
- WILLARD FRANKLIN MORELOCKStaff Sergeant · September 24, 1968
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.