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WILLIAM CLINT DICKERSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – May 13, 1969
Service recordWilliam Clint Dickerson, of Willcox, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 97
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Willcox, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 97
- KENNETH T CRUISE JRStaff Sergeant · May 13, 1969
- MARTIN LEO DAMITIOSpecialist Four · May 13, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN DOMINKOWITZCorporal · May 13, 1969
- JOEL RAY KELLYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY CHARLES BOCKPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 95
- JOHN ARTHUR LOVESergeant · Panel 25W, Line 104
From Willcox
- JOE ROBERT LAURENCEPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- CLARENCE EUGENE GOSSStaff Sergeant · November 22, 1968
- ARMANDO RAMIREZSpecialist Five · May 23, 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.