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JOHN GREEN DICKERSON III
Private · U.S. Army
January 22, 1947 – October 5, 1966
Service recordJohn Green Dickerson III, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 49
- ROBERT GRIFFIN DAVIDSONLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- ALBERT EUGENE HUFFERLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- MERLIN PHILIP LEGAUXCorporal · October 5, 1966
- PAUL HOLLAND MITCHELL JRLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOSH PALM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 50
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
- JAMES E NUNLEYSpecialist Four · December 27, 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.