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LESLIE A DICKINSON JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 1, 1945 – February 3, 1968
Service recordLeslie A Dickinson JR, of Patten, Maine, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- February 1, 1945
- Home of record
- Patten, Maine (Penobscot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 5
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL DANIELSSergeant · February 3, 1968
- ROBERT LEE DICKSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- JERRY RANKIN HALEYFirst Lieutenant · February 3, 1968
- VERNON ZIGMAN JOHNSSergeant First Class · February 3, 1968
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.