William Edward Dillender

Vietnam War
Unit101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division
RankSergeant U.S. Army
Entered Service FromNaples Florida
Date of DeathMarch 20 1971
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B

Notes
Sergeant Dillender was a member of Company B, 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. On March 20, 1971, he was flying in a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) extracting ARVN troops about 20 miles west of Khe San when hid aircraft was hit by enemy fire, exploded and crashed killing him. His remains were recovered on December 5, 2002 and identified on August 30, 2005. His name is permanently inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.