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CHARLES RUPERT TRICKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 2, 1950 – February 27, 1971
Service recordCharles Rupert Tricker, of La Mirada, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1950
- Home of record
- La Mirada, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1971
- 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
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 11
- GERALD LEE EVANSSergeant · February 28, 1971
- RANDOLPH GUY HART JRSergeant · February 28, 1971
- JOHN WALTER KUPKOWSKISergeant · February 28, 1971
- LARRY ELLSWORTH SMITHSergeant · February 28, 1971
From La Mirada
- MIGUEL RAMON BURRIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY HAMMARSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- LESTER LEWIS MOOREPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- PEDRO ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- JOSEPH CRAIG MARTINPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- ENCARNASION RODRIGUEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD NORMAN LEESpecialist Four · June 25, 1971
- SCOTT LEE BIRKETAirman First Class · September 30, 1972
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.