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DELMA ERNEST DICKENS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 20, 1947 – December 21, 1972
Service recordDelma Ernest Dickens, of Omega, Georgia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 21, 1972, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 98
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Navigator (1535C)
- Born
- April 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Omega, Georgia (Tift County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1972
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1972. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 98
- RANDALL JAMES CRADDOCKCaptain · December 21, 1972
- CHARLES EDWARD DARRMajor · December 21, 1972
- ROBERT THOMAS ELLIOTTSenior Master Sergeant · December 21, 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.