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JOHN ALBERT DICKINSON
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1946 – September 12, 1968
Service recordJohn Albert Dickinson, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 36
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 4, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 36
- CARL RICHARD CRONEPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1968
- DAVID COURTNEY DAHLINSergeant · September 12, 1968
- WESLEY GEORGE DOTYFireman · September 12, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE DUNNLance Corporal · September 12, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.