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GARY LYNN DICKEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 7, 1943 – July 23, 1965
Service recordGary Lynn Dickey, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 23, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 43
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
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 AT BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 43
- FRANCIS EDWARD GEIGERCaptain · July 23, 1965
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
- BOBBY RAY BRYANTPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
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.