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ROBERT BOLT DICKERSON III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1952 – May 2, 1971
Service recordRobert Bolt Dickerson III, of Hyattsville, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 9, 1952
- Home of record
- Hyattsville, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 21
- LARRY THOMAS YIELDINGSergeant · April 30, 1971
- ALAN HANS HOLMPrivate First Class · May 1, 1971
- RALPH BRENT CORDONCaptain · May 2, 1971
- GERALD THOMAS GINDLESBERGERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1971
From Hyattsville
- UWE-THORSTEN SCOBELCaptain · March 25, 1964
- JOHN QUINCY QUESENBERRYPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- STEPHEN MICHAEL DYDYNSKIPrivate First Class · January 21, 1967
- PAUL LEROY HARRISONPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JOSEPH RAYMOND SMITHSpecialist Four · April 17, 1967
- DAVID KEITH HOLDWAYLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HOOVERPrivate First Class · November 16, 1967
- THOMAS RAY KINGWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1967
- ALTON LAMOTTE WATKINS JRCorporal · January 2, 1968
- EUGENE EDWARD SWIFTSeaman · March 9, 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.