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ALBERT LEONARD RICKERSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 21, 1941 – September 5, 1968
Service recordAlbert Leonard Rickerson, of Swainsboro, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 44
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1941
- Home of record
- Swainsboro, Georgia (Emanuel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 44
- DAVID ALAN REEDPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- DENNIS KEITH RENOPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- JOHNNY FRANKLIN RICHARDSSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- FRED PLYMOUTH RUGHPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES HERBERT HARDISONPrivate · Panel 45W, Line 41
- ROBERT LEROY JORDAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 42
- BOBBY JACK PAPPANSergeant · Panel 45W, Line 43
- FRED PLYMOUTH RUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 44
- RAYMOND VINCENT STOLPASergeant · Panel 45W, Line 45
- LLOYD EARL VALENTINESergeant · Panel 45W, Line 45
From Swainsboro
- RONALD BRUCE PRICESergeant · March 16, 1967
- ALBERT ROYCE DISMUKEFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1968
- EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- JOE ALTON WADLEYSpecialist Four · June 20, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.