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Medal of Honor Recipient

Douglas Eugene Dickey

U.S. Marine Corps · Vietnam War

MOH-RC-002020Source-based record

The award

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Navy Medal of HonorAction-era reference: 1967

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Medal of Honor

March 26, 1967

near Gio An, Quang Tri Province, Republic of Vietnam

Rank at action
Private First Class
Service
U.S. Marine Corps
Conflict
Vietnam War
Unit or command
2d Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade, 3d Marine Division (Rein) FMF

The Citation

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For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. While participating in Operation Beacon Hill 1, the 2d Platoon was engaged in a fierce battle with the Viet Cong at close range in dense jungle foliage. Pfc. Dickey had come forward to replace a radio operator who had been wounded in this intense action and was being treated by a medical corpsman. Suddenly an enemy grenade landed in the midst of a group of marines, which included the wounded radio operator who was immobilized. Fully realizing the inevitable result of his actions, Pfc. Dickey, in a final valiant act, quickly and unhesitatingly threw himself upon the deadly grenade, absorbing with his body the full and complete force of the explosion. Pfc. Dickey's personal heroism, extraordinary valor and selfless courage saved a number of his comrades from certain injury and possible death at the cost of his life. His actions reflected great credit upon himself, the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

Sources & record notes

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  1. Douglas Eugene Dickey — current Society profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-30

    current identity, service, action metadata, and citation comparison

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-002030
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-30
Entered service at
Cincinnati, Ohio
Archive transcription SHA-256
c2fcc8fd10dbdbd1341e1a3b7f52951d2db53cf3b33e1bfe8e040f601105527f

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; rendered current reference profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current authoritative source expands or normalizes the inherited name from Douglas E. Dickey to Douglas Eugene Dickey; both renderings remain preserved. The current authoritative unit wording is 2d Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade, 3d Marine Division (Rein) FMF; the inherited unit Company C, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division remains preserved as a source variant. The current historical action-place wording replaces only the controlled canonical geocoder field; the complete inherited place remains preserved. The current authoritative profile classifies the action under Vietnam War; the inherited Not yet classified value remains preserved in the audit record.

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