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FORREST PITTMAN DICKEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1944 – December 1, 1966
Service recordForrest Pittman Dickey, of Orrick, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 132
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Orrick, Missouri (Ray County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 132
- ROBERT EDWARD BUTLERPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- STEPHEN WAYNE DAYPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- XAVIER FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK GALVINSpecialist Five · December 1, 1966
From Orrick
- HAROLD IVAN LOYDSergeant · January 24, 1968
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.