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KENNETH ODELL DICKSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1948 – October 2, 1970
Service recordKenneth Odell Dickson, of Ethridge, Tennessee, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 106
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Ethridge, Tennessee (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1970; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 106
- BENNETT JOSEPH DAIGLESergeant · October 2, 1970
- ROBERT IRA GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
- GEORGE RUSSELL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 2, 1970
- ROBERT WESLEY KERRSpecialist Four · October 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DEAN BANTAPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 105
- BENNETT JOSEPH DAIGLESergeant · Panel 7W, Line 106
- GEORGE RUSSELL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 106
From Ethridge
- GARY VAN HALLSpecialist Four · February 27, 1969
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.