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PHIL JACKSON DICKENS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1940 – December 14, 1967
Service recordPhil Jackson Dickens, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 91
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1967; 13 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 91
- JERALD FREDERICK DELOOZEFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- HOWARD L DOYLESecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- BILLY LAMAR GODFREYSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
- RICHARD DARRELL HARRISONSpecialist Four · December 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- IAN WILLIAM ADAMITZSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 89
- JERALD FREDERICK DELOOZEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 91
- HOWARD L DOYLESecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 91
- BILLY LAMAR GODFREYSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 91
- RICHARD DARRELL HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 91
- JAMES LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 93
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER NEDERLKSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 93
- DONALD CARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 93
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 94
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 94
- ELIJAH WATERSPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 95
- DONALD CLYDE WILLISPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 95
- JAY L WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 95
- ELLSWORTH SWANNPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 96
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.