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DENNIS RALPH DEBICKERO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 13, 1951 – November 6, 1971
Service recordDennis Ralph Debickero, of Evergreen Park, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1971, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 63
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Evergreen Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 63
- ROLIN JAMES CROSBYChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 6, 1971
- CHARLES DAVID DODDSpecialist Four · November 6, 1971
- RICHARD RUDOLPH KAPSHAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1971
- JAMES GRADY CONLEYSergeant First Class · November 7, 1971
From Evergreen Park
- EDWIN JOSEPH FALLOONCorporal · September 27, 1965
- WILLIAM CHARLES GEISPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- KENNETH JAY MANDERFELDPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- WILLIAM ROY NEVILLESergeant · January 26, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN WORKSecond Lieutenant · July 13, 1969
- RICHARD JAY SCHOONVELDPrivate First Class · July 14, 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.