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JOHN E DIECKMANN
Captain · U.S. Army
March 22, 1939 – May 18, 1966
Service recordJohn E Dieckmann, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 80
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 80
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- JAMES L CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FELIDELPHIO BENJAMIN GOMEZCorporal · May 18, 1966
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.