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ALAN EVERETT DICKEY
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 20, 1947 – November 20, 1969
Service recordAlan Everett Dickey, of Hanover, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 20, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 99
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Hanover, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 99
- WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNCANPrivate First Class · November 20, 1969
- FRED ANTONY EXNER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · November 20, 1969
- LESLIE TOBIAS HAMMACKStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1969
- LEROY LARKIN HOWLANDSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
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.