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GROVER LEE DICKSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1938 – November 11, 1966
Service recordGrover Lee Dickson, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 11, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 15, 1938
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 54
- ROGER LEE EPLEYSpecialist Four · November 11, 1966
- PAUL J HESS JRFirst Lieutenant · November 11, 1966
- MAYNARD JEWEL HUMESSergeant · November 11, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.