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DAVID DOWNING DICKERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 25, 1948 – December 11, 1969
Service recordDavid Downing Dickerson, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 47
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 47
- JOSEPH FRANK BENAKFireman · December 11, 1969
- ARTHUR BOYD CLARKSergeant · December 11, 1969
- STEPHEN GRANT CONNERLance Corporal · December 11, 1969
- LARRY RAY DAMERONPetty Officer Third Class · December 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES PAUL AUVESecond Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 46
- ARTHUR BOYD CLARKSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 47
- THOMAS ROBERT MARSHALLStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 48
- THOMAS ANDREW MAYCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 48
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.