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JAMES AARON DICKENS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 23, 1942 – February 8, 1967
Service recordJames Aaron Dickens, of Petersburg, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 8
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Petersburg, Virginia (Petersburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 8
- JOE EDGAR BELLGunnery Sergeant · February 8, 1967
- FLOYD JOSEPH BERRY JRLance Corporal · February 8, 1967
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- GERALD THOMAS FETTKETHERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
From Petersburg
- CALVIN L CHEIVESSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH WELLSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- BILLY RANDOLPH JEFFERSONCorporal · October 7, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE WARRENPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH BACH IIICaptain · April 20, 1969
- CALVIN EDWARD COOKECorporal · May 22, 1969
- WILLIE HOOPER JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD ROYESergeant First Class · November 10, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PULLIAMStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER GEO MORBITZERCaptain · August 19, 1971
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.