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RICHARD LEE DICUS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 17, 1949 – January 7, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee Dicus, of Steelville, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Steelville, Missouri (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 7
- DEAN ALLYN WILDERSPINLance Corporal · January 6, 1970
- LARRY ALAN BRADLEYCorporal · January 7, 1970
- ROBERT EDWARD DORSE JRCorporal · January 7, 1970
- WILLIAM JAMES ERKES JRSecond Lieutenant · January 7, 1970
From Steelville
- EDWARD JOSEPH HALBERTSpecialist Four · July 29, 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.