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DAVID THOMAS DICKINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 2, 1948 – December 6, 1967
Service recordDavid Thomas Dickinson, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 45
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mechanical Maintenance Helper (63A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 45
- SOLOMON WILLIAM DEHARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- MICHAEL JOE DINGUSCorporal · December 6, 1967
- ALFRED DUGGERPlatoon Sergeant · December 6, 1967
- RAYMOND ERNEST DYRDAHLPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WALTER R BOETTCHER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 43
- FRANK BRACKETTCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 43
- VINCENT VANALSTYNE HAUSERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 47
- LEWIS E MCDERMOTTMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 50
- NORMAN PAUL WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 56
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 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.