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WILLIAM JERRY DILLON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 9, 1932 – June 19, 1967
Service recordWilliam Jerry Dillon, of East St Louis, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 11
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHT 3 SQD 11 CAV 11 ACR
- Born
- July 9, 1932
- Home of record
- East St Louis, Illinois (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1967; nine of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 11
- ALLEN NORBERT ENGELPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- EDWARD LEE FAILS JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- RUSSELL LOUIS FILIBERTISpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
From East St Louis
- MICHAEL ALLEN LYLESPrivate First Class · August 16, 1965
- MICHAEL K MATHISONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- ALLIE WILLIAM CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- FRED ALFRED BENNERSpecialist Five · April 13, 1966
- WILBUR DESMAR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1966
- RALPH BURTON COBBSLieutenant Commander · June 17, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL BERRYLance Corporal · July 22, 1966
- ARBAL ROLLINS JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1966
- EARL ELESTER IRVING JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 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.