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MANUEL LEVI DICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 18, 1947 – August 5, 1970
Service recordManuel Levi Dick, of Coleville, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 84
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Coleville, California (Mono County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 84
- JAMES K ANDERSONCorporal · August 5, 1970
- STEVEN RICHARD CAUCCIPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- DAVID RAMIRO DENNAPrivate First Class · August 5, 1970
- GERALD LOUIS HAMILTONSergeant · August 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ANDERSON CRAIGPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 85
- STEVEN THOMAS GRIGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 85
- JEAN MASON KRAUSSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 86
- DARYL DAVID SHONKACorporal · Panel 8W, Line 87
- GARY GLEN WINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 87
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.