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DICKIE CARSON CURRY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 31, 1950 – July 28, 1970
Service recordDickie Carson Curry, of Dayton, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- March 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Dayton, Virginia (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 63
- ALAN KEITH BARTONPrivate First Class · July 28, 1970
- OTIS CLEVELAND MORGANMajor · July 28, 1970
- JOSE MANUEL PEREZSpecialist Four · July 28, 1970
- BOYD LEROY SHOOKCorporal · July 28, 1970
- ROBERT WAYNE TAYLORSergeant · July 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE FREDRICK BEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 61
- ROBERT NORRIS CHINQUINAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 61
- TIMOTHY ALLEN WHITEPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 64
From Dayton
- NORMAN NORWOOD MILLERSpecialist Four · April 2, 1966
- KENNETH WILSON SHOOKAirman First Class · September 24, 1968
- GEORGE DOLBRYN THOMASLance Corporal · May 16, 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.