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DICKIE DEAN KOELL JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1950 – March 16, 1969
Service recordDickie Dean Koell JR, of West Sacramento, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 54
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 11, 1950
- Home of record
- West Sacramento, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29W, Line 54
- WILLIE JAMES KIRKSEYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1969
- JAMES MARVIN LEEPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- MILFORD LOONEY JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- WILLIE EDWARD MALONE JRSergeant · March 16, 1969
From West Sacramento
- FRANKLIN RALPH WHITEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1963
- RICHARD ARIASSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD BUMGARNERStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- DONALD HERMAN KLINKETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 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.