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CHARLES C DICKERSON JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 23, 1948 – April 8, 1969
Service recordCharles C Dickerson JR, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 40
- TONY PALACIOSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- GERARD PAUL PORTAStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL RASMUSSENCorporal · April 8, 1969
- ROLAND ARMAND RICHARDSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ANTHONY GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 38
- EDWARD MICHAEL KACHMANSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 38
- KEITH NORMAN MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 39
- JACKIE LEE TATEPrivate First Class · Panel 27W, Line 42
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.