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ELMER WILLIAM DICKENS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 22, 1934 – December 11, 1966
Service recordElmer William Dickens, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 22, 1934
- Home of record
- Wahiawa, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 32
- VITO VINCENT BRUNOPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- PAUL RANDOLPHE BYRNEPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- THOMAS GLENN DETAMBLESpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS DOUGHTYSpecialist Four · December 11, 1966
Same unit, same day
- VITO VINCENT BRUNOPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 32
- LUDIN BERMUDEZ-QUINONESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 33
- DENNIS HARPER JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 33
- ROBERT EDWARD JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 33
- MICHAEL CHARLES KIRBYSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 34
- JOHN E LAWLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 34
- DONALD LAMAR LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 34
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 34
- ALVIN EDWARD KURTZSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 35
- JIMMIE CLYDE POESpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 35
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 36
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 36
- ANTONIO ABEL SOLISSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 36
- BENNY ARNOLD STARRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 37
- JOSHUA WELCH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 37
- HOWARD CECIL WESTSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 37
- JOHN EDWARD WIDENERPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 37
From Wahiawa
- EDWARD Y C KIMStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTELSergeant First Class · February 10, 1966
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1966
- JOHN MICHIO MAMIYAChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- ELMELINDO RODRIGUES SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- FELICISIMO ARELIANO HUGOSergeant First Class · February 26, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTOSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- CLIFFORD AUHUNA NEWMANSeaman · November 11, 1968
- TERRY TERUO KAWAMURACorporal · March 20, 1969
- YOSHIO TAKEHARASergeant First Class · February 15, 1971
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.