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JACKIE LEE DICKENS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 6, 1940 – June 2, 1969
Service recordJackie Lee Dickens, of Danville, West Virginia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 2, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 41
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Danville, West Virginia (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 41
- JAMES AMMONS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- LYMAN CONRAD BACHStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL OBRIEN BAKERSergeant · June 2, 1969
- SCOTT DOUGLAS BALDWINSpecialist Four · June 2, 1969
From Danville
- RICHARD ELSWORTH VINCENTSergeant · March 9, 1968
- RANDALL BRUCE MILLERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
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.