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WILLIAM EDWARD DICK JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 14, 1947 – September 19, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edward Dick JR, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 44
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 44
- WILLIAM RICHARD TURNER JRSergeant · September 19, 1968
- PHILIP JOHN WAJDALance Corporal · September 19, 1968
- MICHAEL KAYE WONDERLICHFirst Lieutenant · September 19, 1968
- RAYMOND HOWARD ALBERT JRSpecialist Four · September 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ADRIAN BISHOPMajor · Panel 43W, Line 33
- FRANK OWEN BONNARENSMajor · Panel 43W, Line 33
- THOMAS HENRY CLARKEN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 34
- JAMES JOHN STITESSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 43
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.