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JAMES MARCELL DICKEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 29, 1949 – July 15, 1971
Service recordJames Marcell Dickey, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 15, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 108
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 108
- CHRISTOPHER CORWIN COOKPrivate · July 15, 1971
- ALEXANDER WILLIAM DUPLESSIEPrivate First Class · July 15, 1971
- ROBERT MERCHANT LARSONFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1971
- TED JAMES TAYLORCaptain · July 15, 1971
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
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.