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CARL RICHARD DICE
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 24, 1933 – December 8, 1969
Service recordCarl Richard Dice, of Sea Cliff, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 8, 1969, in Laos, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- May 24, 1933
- Home of record
- Sea Cliff, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15W, Line 39
- DALE ALAN MACARTHURSergeant · December 8, 1969
- WILLIAM P MCCARRON JRPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- MICHAEL LEWIS MCGOVERNSpecialist Four · December 8, 1969
- GARY HENTON MITCHELLPrivate · December 8, 1969
From Sea Cliff
- FRANCIS IGNATIUS ARNETTSergeant · February 13, 1968
- IRWIN LEON EDELMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 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.