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JIM LEE DICKSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 3, 1949 – February 26, 1969
Service recordJim Lee Dickson, of Unity, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 66
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Unity, Oregon (Baker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 66
- DAVID WOOD DENLINGERPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- RICHARD LINCOLN DESPERLance Corporal · February 26, 1969
- ALBERT ERSKINEPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- DENNIS KEITH MILLISONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFREDO RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 72
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.