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 [decorative delimiter] Class of 1906

Vol. V
p781
4478

(Born Kan.)

Frederick T. Dickman​1

(Ap'd at Large)

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(Frederick Thibaut Dickman)

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Aug. 1, 1902 to June 12, 1906, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

(Second Lieut., 11th Cavalry)

Served: At Maneuver Camp, Fort Riley, Kas., Sept. 15, 1906 to Oct. 1, 1906; at Fort Des Moines, Ia., Oct. 4, 1906 to June 14, 1907; at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., from June 20, 1907 to –––––.

Vol. VI
p1236
[Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(Frederick Thibaut Dickman, Born July 5, 1883.)

Military History. —

Second Lieut., 11th Cavalry, June 12, 1906.

At Maneuver Camp, Fort Riley, Kans., Sept. 15 to Oct. 1, 1906; at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 4, 1906, to June 14, 1907; at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt., June 20, 1907, to Aug. 1, 1909; at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., Aug. 6, 1909, to Feb. 26, 1911; at Maneuver Camp, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, March 2 to July 22, 1911; at United States Military Academy, Instructor in Department of Mathematics, Aug. 22, 1911, to

(First Lieut., 2d Cavalry, Aug. 27, 1912)

March 22, 1914; on leave of absence, March 24 to May 6, 1914; at Washington, D. C., sick and on sick leave, May 6 to June 29, 1914;

 p1237  (Assigned to 8th Cavalry, July 1, 1914)

en route to Philippines, July 1 to Aug. 5, 1914; at Camp Stotsenburg, P. I., with Troop, Aug. 6 to Nov. 14, 1914; at Fort William McKinley, P. I., with Troop, Nov. 18, 1914, to

(Transferred to 15th Cavalry, Aug. 15, 1915)

Nov. 5, 1915; and with 15th Cavalry, Nov. 6, 1915, to

(Captain of Cavalry, July 7, 1916)

Sept. 14, 1916; en route to U. S., Sept. 15 to Oct. 13, 1916; with Punitive Expedition into Mexico with 15th Cavalry, Oct. 30, 1916,

(Assigned to 7th Cavalry, March 27, 1917)

to March 30, 1917; at Fort Bliss, Texas, commanding Troop, April 1, 1917, to

(Major, Temporary, of Cavalry, Aug. 5, 1917)

(Major, Temporary, Signal Corps, Sept. 22, 1917)

Sept. 26, 1917; at Richmond, Va., with 114th Aero Squadron, Oct. 1, 1917, to Feb. 10, 1918; at Washington, D. C., in office of Chief Signal Officer, Feb. 13 to May 4, 1918; at San Diego, Cal., at Signal Corps Aviation School, May 9, 1918, to

(Lieut.‑Colonel, Air Service, Aug. 20, 1918)

Oct. 24, 1918; at Washington, D. C., in office of Director of Military Aeronautics, Oct. 30, 1918, to Jan. 15, 1919; at Souther Field, Americus, Ga., with Air Service, Jan. 17 to April 3, 1919, when as result of an aeroplane accident​a he was

Killed, April 3, 1919, at Americus, Ga.: Aged 35.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1919.

Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA.


The Author's Note:

1 Son of Major Indicates a West Point graduate and gives his Class.Joseph T. Dickman, class of 1881.


Thayer's Note:

a The other aviator in the plane was Indicates a West Point graduate and gives his Class.John W. Butts, who also died.


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