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MICHAEL JOHN DICKUS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
August 31, 1950 – July 18, 1970
Service recordMichael John Dickus, of Hammond, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 27
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Hammond, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 27
- RANDALL THOMAS BAERCorporal · July 18, 1970
- MICHAEL EDWARD BAUMPrivate First Class · July 18, 1970
- DAVID ROBERT BEYLSergeant · July 18, 1970
- DENNIS LEE CLYMERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1970
From Hammond
- DONALD RAY VINSONSergeant · July 14, 1965
- JAMES EDMUND KEELERCorporal · March 19, 1966
- BENNY EDWARD FOSTERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JAMES RONALD SECHRESTPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- GARY STEPHEN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1967
- HENRY JOSEPH MARKOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- WILLIAM EUGENE CZARNYLance Corporal · May 9, 1967
- BERNARD MERLE LUSKPrivate First Class · August 28, 1967
- TIMOTHY ROBERT KESSLERSpecialist Four · January 15, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN MICHALAKAirman · February 4, 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.