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LARRY ERNEST DIKEMAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 14, 1948 – May 31, 1969
Service recordLarry Ernest Dikeman, of Milwaukie, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Milwaukie, Oregon (Clackamas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 25
- JOEY LEE BOLESSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- PETER SAMUEL BORSAYPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- BYRON BILL BOWDENSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- BYRON THOMAS CALKINSSpecialist Five · May 31, 1969
From Milwaukie
- ROBERT JAMES PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- WAYNE CONRAD REINECKEPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1967
- DAVID LAWRENCE COOPERPetty Officer Third Class · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL JEFFERSON GREELEYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- WILLIAM JOHN BLOCKPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- LARRY ALBERT IANNETTASpecialist Five · March 29, 1968
- DONALD RAYMOND SCHAFERSeaman Apprentice · May 1, 1968
- DAVID FRED POPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 14, 1969
- DANIEL IRVIN MAMBRETTIPrivate First Class · January 30, 1970
- RODNEY KEITH ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1970
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.