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| 1948 |
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Born in Denver, Colorado on February 15, 1948. the fourth child of Thomas Earl and Eloise Virginia Dickinson.
This photo from Easter 1951...
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| School Days |
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1953- Began school at
Beach Court Elementary School/Denver, Colorado.
1960-Skinner Jr High/ Denver, Co.
also attended St Patrick's for a year during this time.
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| When we lost our Dad |
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1962-On the morning of August 5th, we were informed that our father had been killed in an automobile accident, in Rand, Colorado, sometime between midnight and 3am. He was found as the sun came up, by a couple of barbers, from Denver, who were in the area fishing. The driver of the car, left the scene of the accident and did not report it.
This was a devastating blow to all of us kids, but I have always felt, it affected David in ways we would never realize.
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| High School Years |
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1963-High school years at North High also in Denver.
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| 1966 |
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1966-October he and a childhood friend, Dennis Spiker, Joined the Army and were sent to Ft, Bliss TX for boot camp.
Photo of Dennis Spiker...
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| Time spent in service prior to Vietnam |
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David went on to be stationed at Ft Polk, La. and then to Ft Benning, Ga. where he received a certificate in Recondo School. He was now to serve as a LRRP and Ranger for the of The 1st Cavalry Division and on April 17th 1967, David left for Vietnam.
Toward the end of October, he was on R&R and in Austraila. He was able to call me from there. He stated he would be staying on for a second tour. He believed in what he was doing there. That was the last time I talked to him.
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| DECEMBER 6, 1967 |
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December 6, 1967 Killed in action at Binh Dinh South Vietnam, at the age of 19.
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| A DAY THAT CHANGED OUR LIVES FOREVER... |
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Being the only non-working member of our family at that time, I was at home, assuming that my Mom, Brother Bobby and sister Diane, were all busy at their jobs, afterall it was a week day.
Early afternoon my front door opened and in walked my Mom, my brother and my sister...
Bobby started toward me, I started backing away from him...
I said, "It's David, isn't it?"...Bobby said, "Yes, Garnet, it is..."
I said he has been wounded, hasn't he?"...Bobby said, "No Garnet, he has been killed in action"...
I started pounding my fists on Bobby's shoulders..."No Bobby, don't tell me that! He's just wounded!, He's just wounded!"...
And then the words penetrated....
"HE'S GONE GARNET, he's gone"...
39 years later, I still cry, when I think of this....
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| Dec. 15, 1967 |
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David was laid to rest at Ft Logan Natl Cemetary, Englewood Colorado.
He left behind his mother Eloise Dickinson
his sisters Garnet and Diane
and brother Robert
also five nieces whom he had become close to and who thought the world of him. Linda, Lori Kay, Julie and Carol Jenkins and Maryanne Miller.
We have all missed...
What would have been....
If only David had come home....  |
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| FORT LOGAN NATIONAL CEMETARY |
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