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FREDDIE DALE DICKENS
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 12, 1934 – October 17, 1968
Service recordFreddie Dale Dickens, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 17, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 12, 1934
- Home of record
- Poplar Bluff, Missouri (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 68
- GEORGE A VANDERHOFF JRCorporal · October 16, 1968
- ROBERT MICHAEL CHEEKLance Corporal · October 17, 1968
- MARK CONSTANT CHENISFirst Lieutenant · October 17, 1968
From Poplar Bluff
- DALE FRANCIS HUDSONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- FAMOUS LEE LANEPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- ROBERT DANIEL RICHARDSONCorporal · July 4, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD STEWARTSpecialist Four · October 18, 1966
- EDWARD JERRY MULLERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE ENDICOTTPrivate First Class · August 5, 1967
- PAUL JAMES MILLERPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JAMES HARDIN METZColonel · April 15, 1968
- RONALD DAVID COBBLance Corporal · April 29, 1968
- RILEY DAVID RAULSTONLance Corporal · May 15, 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.