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WILLIAM WALTER DICKEY
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
August 5, 1933 – February 23, 1969
Service recordWilliam Walter Dickey, of Glen Ellyn, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 96
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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 5, 1933
- Home of record
- Glen Ellyn, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 96
- DUANE AULDON DOWNINGSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES DROBENAStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM DUNFORDSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH DUPERETechnical Sergeant · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOHN CURRYMajor · Panel 32W, Line 94
- THOMAS RAY PRESTONSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 16
- JON PARIS ROBBINSSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 19
From Glen Ellyn
- JOHN FELLOWS SCULL JRSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
- JOHN BRUCE CAPELSecond Lieutenant · May 12, 1966
- THOMAS BENEDICT DUFFY JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS MORGANCaptain · September 4, 1967
- RONALD EDWIN HAGSTROMSpecialist Four · October 2, 1969
- ROGER LEE PIERCEMajor · January 25, 1972
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.