Dickerson, Richard Austin, Cpl

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Corporal

Primary Unit
1941-1941, 5th Bombardment Group, Heavy

Service Years
1939 - 1941

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Texas

Year of Birth
1919

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Casualty Info

Home Town San Augustine County, Texas	Last Address Hickam Field, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii

Casualty Date Dec 07, 1941
Cause Hostile, Died	Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Hawaii	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Hillcrest Cemetery - Lufkin, Texas	Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1941, World War II Fallen 1
	1941, Pearl Harbor Fallen

Photo Album (More...)

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments/ Advancement Schools


	1941-1941, 5th Bombardment Group, Heavy

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1941-1941 Central Pacific Campaign (1941-43)/Attack on Pearl Harbor

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1941-1941, B-18 Bolo
	1941-1941, B-17 Flying Fortress

Additional Information

Last Known Activity
Corporal Richard Dickerson was Killed in Action Dec 7, 1941, during the attack on Oahu, T.H.. He was assigned to the HQ Squadron, 5th Bombardment Group, Heavy.

He was killed by shrapnel from Japanese machine guns and/or bombs while firing his rifle between Hangars 5 and 7 during the second attack of the morning of Dec 7.

He had enlisted on Nov 13, 1939.

Comments/Citation
Source:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52223664
https://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=366072
https://www.ancestry.com