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DENNIS MICHAEL DICKE
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1940 – June 14, 1971
Service recordDennis Michael Dicke, of Downers Grove, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 14, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 75
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- July 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Downers Grove, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1971
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 75
- LEONARD LEE BROENNEKESergeant · June 14, 1971
- FRANKLIN THOMAS CRITESCorporal · June 14, 1971
- EARL ROY LESTER JRSergeant · June 14, 1971
- JEFFREY DAVID SCHUMACHERPrivate First Class · June 14, 1971
From Downers Grove
- CLEMENT SAM CASTALDOFireman · May 29, 1966
- ALLAN DAVID TIMMERMANPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROY BODDENMaster Sergeant · June 3, 1967
- HANS DIETRICK LANGESpecialist Four · June 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE ELZAPrivate First Class · June 12, 1967
- RAYMOND GEORGE HENGELSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- SCOTT ALAN WRIGHTPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- IVAN CLIFFORD BROEFFLECorporal · May 9, 1968
- HOWARD EMERSON QUERRYSergeant · May 10, 1968
- DENNIS ALAN ORMONDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
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.