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THOMAS MORTON DICKINSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1942 – June 24, 1967
Service recordThomas Morton Dickinson, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 57
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- November 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 57
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- CRAIG BARRY GARIEPYSergeant · June 24, 1967
- LARRY RAY GUENTZELSpecialist Four · June 24, 1967
- NAMON HINES JRSpecialist Five · June 24, 1967
- ROY EDWARD SHANKLINPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.