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BARRY WAYNE BICKEL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1947 – July 12, 1969
Service recordBarry Wayne Bickel, of Logansport, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 105
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Logansport, Indiana (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 105
- ROBERT JOHN BAKERSergeant · July 12, 1969
- PAUL WEDLAKE BANNONColonel · July 12, 1969
- RALPH OSCAR BRAY JRCaptain · July 12, 1969
- ARTHUR DANIEL BROWNPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH OSCAR BRAY JRCaptain · Panel 21W, Line 105
- CODY RAY CALKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 106
- JOSE B CISNEROSCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 106
- RONALD MARVIN CREMERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 107
From Logansport
- ARTHUR LEROY JAMESStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- FRANK R GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
- JAMES L HATTONSpecialist Four · October 9, 1966
- LAWRENCE CLARKChief Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY KISTLERSergeant · June 12, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE PRIESTHOFFSergeant · December 16, 1967
- CHARLES B JILCOTT JRCaptain · March 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALAN MARTINPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
- REX MICHAEL HOOVERSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
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.