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JAMES EGBERT DICKERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1949 – April 17, 1968
Service recordJames Egbert Dickerson, of College Park, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 17, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- College Park, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 27
- JAMES CHARLES DELAPLANEHospitalman · April 17, 1968
- GEORGE STEVEN ELBERTSpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
- CHARLES ROBERT FRANKLINPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID WINSLOWPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
From College Park
- WESLEY RICE MOORE JRFirst Lieutenant · February 1, 1968
- PAUL ROBERT ANZELONESpecialist Five · February 9, 1968
- LIONEL TIMOTHY CLOVERSergeant · May 22, 1968
- PAUL ANTHONY CUMBERLANDCorporal · February 27, 1969
- WAYNE ALAN STEVENSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- JOSEPH F MCDERMOTT IIISpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
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.