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MARK LANE DICKSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 22, 1948 – March 16, 1968
Service recordMark Lane Dickson, of St Clair, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- April 22, 1948
- Home of record
- St Clair, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín 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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 67
- EDWARD JOHN CROSSSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- MARK ROBERT DZIEDZICPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE ELSWICKSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- ALBERT ALOIS ENGELHARDTCaptain · March 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL HANS BERNHARTCorporal · Panel 44E, Line 65
- DAVID ARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 2
- HENRY L JOHNSONCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 2
- WELDON BERNARD MERRILLSergeant First Class · Panel 45E, Line 3
- HOWARD BRUCE SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 6
- MICHEL T WHEELERCorporal · Panel 45E, Line 6
- TERRY ZIMMERMANSergeant · Panel 45E, Line 7
From St Clair
- DENNIS CARROL MANNINGLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · February 24, 1966
- RONDA LEE RAGLINPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MEEKLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- ROBERT HENRY GROSSLieutenant Colonel · December 10, 1967
- HOWARD JOHN HARTMANCorporal · August 29, 1968
- DEWAYNE THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- JOHN PIZZUTISpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- EARL CONRAD RIDER JRSergeant · March 18, 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.