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RICCARDO BURTON DICKERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 20, 1946 – November 3, 1966
Service recordRiccardo Burton Dickerson, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 13
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 13
- JAMES WILLIAM EISNERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- ROBERT L FOWBLE JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1966
- JOEL FULLERPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- JAMES JAY HEALEYPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDGAR HUNTER BEASLEYCorporal · Panel 12E, Line 12
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 12
- FREDERICK HOWARD HENDERSONCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 14
- CLYDE J PERKINSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 15
- SAMUEL K SOLOMON JRFirst Sergeant · Panel 12E, Line 16
- MILBURN HINES STARNESSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 16
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 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.