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JAMES CAROL DICKERSON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 31, 1947 – August 16, 1968
Service recordJames Carol Dickerson, of Randolph, Virginia, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 24
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- December 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Randolph, Virginia (Charlotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 24
- ROBERT MILTON CRAVENS JRSpecialist Four · August 16, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD CUMBRYPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ELLIOTT LEO DECORAPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- ALEXANDER MARTIN SLUSSEARMajor · August 16, 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.