Rank: Master Sergeant
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 10-Dec-1934
Hometown: New York, New York
Marital status: Married to Rosella M. Dreyer, three sons, two daughters
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: Unknown
Start of tour: 21-Mar-1967
Incident date: 2-Aug-1967
Date of casualty: 2-Aug-1967
Age at death: 32
Cause of death: Hostile, died while missing. Unknown. Other explosive device.
Theodore Henry Dreyer died when the Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) in which he was riding hit a hostile land mine.
Location of fatality: Quang Ngai, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Long Island National Cemetery, East Farmingdale, New York, USA
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