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JAMES HENRY DIECKMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 25, 1943 – January 16, 1969
Service recordJames Henry Dieckman, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 12
- MARVIN FRANCIS WEHRSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
- ERMIL LEE WHISMANLieutenant Colonel · January 15, 1969
- WILLIAM LEVY WILBURN JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1969
- MARION WITHERSPOONSpecialist Four · January 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE DIXONSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 14
- GIUSEPPE MAGRIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 34W, Line 15
- DAVID JAMES RIDEOUTSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 17
- STEVEN ROBERT ROWLESSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 18
- RANDALL JAMES WICKLACESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 19
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
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.