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CLYDE LEROY DICKASON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 16, 1945 – January 11, 1969
Service recordClyde Leroy Dickason, of Booneville, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Booneville, Arkansas (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 70
- CHARLES KEITH DAYSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- IRINEO GUEVARAPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- ROCKY WADE HANNAPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- DENNIS HAROLD HAYNESPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEE RAYMOND BRUCE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 69
- JOHN PAUL DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 69
- DENNIS HAROLD HAYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 70
- ROBERT LOVESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 71
- THOMAS CHARLES MANNSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 72
- DARRELL EDWIN MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 72
- WILLIAM ROBERT PORTER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 35W, Line 72
From Booneville
- MORRISON AUTHER COTNERMajor · April 28, 1967
- JOHN LLOYD VORIESSpecialist Five · May 5, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN FROSTSpecialist Four · November 6, 1968
- JOHN STEPHEN SATTERFIELDSpecialist Four · December 28, 1972
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.