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DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 11, 1944 – December 6, 1965
Service recordDaniel Albert Dickinson, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 135 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 135
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supplyman (76A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1944
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 135
- HERBERT ALLEN HILFIKERPetty Officer Third Class · December 6, 1965
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- DELMORE BYRON NERVEZASpecialist Five · December 6, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DELMORE BYRON NERVEZASpecialist Five · Panel 3E, Line 135
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- BOBBY RAY BRYANTPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
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.