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DERREL KEITH DICKEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 11, 1950 – July 23, 1970
Service recordDerrel Keith Dickey, of Arcadia, Kansas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · 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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Arcadia, Kansas (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1970; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 45
- KENNETH WESLEY SLAUGHTERFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1970
- LAUREN WALTER STANDRINGFirst Lieutenant · July 22, 1970
- DANIEL JOSEPH TURCOTTEChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 22, 1970
- GUS ALLENCorporal · July 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LINN HAININGPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 46
- BERTRAND C MEDINE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 46
- JOHN JOSEPH ZAGATACorporal · Panel 8W, Line 47
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.