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STANLEY HEMAN DICKERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1947 – August 18, 1969
Service recordStanley Heman Dickerson, of Troupsburg, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Troupsburg, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 59
- HOWARD RUSSELL BRUCKNERSergeant · August 18, 1969
- DANIEL RICHARD DAVISCaptain · August 18, 1969
- MARIO P DELEONCorporal · August 18, 1969
- ROBERT HUGHES DONAWAYFirst Lieutenant · August 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- NEWTON THOMAS BELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 58
- GARY EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 64
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.