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Randolph
Charles
Dickens
1914-11-15

–

2003-05-11

Born:

Wrightsville

, 

Georgia

Home:

Lake City

, 

Florida

Buried: 

Arlington

, 

Virginia

Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery

Randolph Dickens graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1936. He retired in 1966 as a U.S. Army Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Army Distinguished Service Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Brigadier General

    Action Date:

    September 1963 – July 1966
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 36 (August 19, 1966)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Brigadier General Randolph Charles Dickens (ASN: 0-20290), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility, during the period from September 1963 to July 1966.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    5th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    1943 – 1944
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Randolph Charles Dickens (ASN: 0-20290), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as G-3, 5th Infantry Division, from 1943 to 1944.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    5th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Headquarters, 5th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 43 (1944)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Randolph Charles Dickens (ASN: 0-20290), United States Army, for gallantry in action as G-3 (Operations Officer) of the 5th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in the European Theater of Operations, in 1944. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Lieutenant Colonel Dickens, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.