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THOMAS GERALD DICKERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1950 – November 23, 1968
Service recordThomas Gerald Dickerson, of Thomaston, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 42
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Thomaston, Georgia (Upson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 42
- ARNOLD RAYMOND DIEKEMASpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ELMER EUGENE FREESECorporal · November 23, 1968
- HAROLD LEE GLOVERCorporal · November 23, 1968
- DONALD LAWRENCE GOLDSMITHSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD LEE GLOVERCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 42
From Thomaston
- PERRY LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- DAVID ADOLPHUS TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- EUGENE OLIVER OWENBYCorporal · May 19, 1967
- THURLO MERIDA MCCLURECorporal · August 16, 1967
- GEORGE RONALD FULLERCorporal · February 19, 1968
- JOSEPH LAMAR JORDANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- RICKY GENE HARRISONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- ROY ARNOLD CARROLLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
- BILL JAKE DUPREESpecialist Five · April 27, 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.