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RICHARD MONROE DYKES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 10, 1940 – April 6, 1967
Service recordRichard Monroe Dykes, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1940
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 110
- ALGER EDGAR DURELL JRSpecialist Four · April 6, 1967
- ROGER ELLIS FLAHERTYHospitalman · April 6, 1967
- CHARLES WALKER FORDPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY ELMER LEWISPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 112
- VINCENTE MEDINA-TORRESMaster Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 112
- ALFONSO ORTIZ-LOPEZPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 17E, Line 113
- HENRY EDWARD PATENAUDESergeant First Class · Panel 17E, Line 113
- GEORGE M HARRINGTONSpecialist Five · Panel 17E, Line 114
- CONRAD EARL POOLESpecialist Five · Panel 17E, Line 114
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.