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MARVIN MERLE DICKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1948 – January 21, 1967
Service recordMarvin Merle Dicks, of Livonia, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Livonia, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 61
- BOBBY WAYNE CORZINECorporal · January 21, 1967
- JAMES HUEY DAVENPORTSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- MELVIN GILMORE DAVISSergeant Major · January 21, 1967
From Livonia
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- ROBERT WAYNE EDWARDSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- ARTHUR PERRY COPELANDLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- JAMES A TILLEYSergeant · January 18, 1968
- ARNOLD PAUL SARNASpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JERRY ALAN WYMANSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- DENNIS JEROME SPECKSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD TATELance Corporal · September 19, 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.