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WILLIE GENE DYER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 27, 1941 – June 3, 1967
Service recordWillie Gene Dyer, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1941
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 44
- THOMAS STEPHEN DONOVANPetty Officer Third Class · June 3, 1967
- VICTOR MICHAEL DRISCOLLCorporal · June 3, 1967
- EDMUND GARDNER EXUM JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARRY EUGENE GEARYCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 45
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · Panel 21E, Line 45
- KENNETH ALRIC GORESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 46
- TAYLOR HENRY MCLEMORECorporal · Panel 21E, Line 49
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 51
- LARRY VENCIL SAYERSCorporal · Panel 21E, Line 52
- GEORGE DAVID WALLACESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 54
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- CHARLES FREDERICK BUFFPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
- HARRY RAY WHITE JRSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
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.