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DARRELL BLANCHARD RICKER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 19, 1937 – November 23, 1970
Service recordDarrell Blanchard Ricker, of Corning, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 79
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 19, 1937
- Home of record
- Corning, California (Tehama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 79
- ROBERT CARL RUNGECorporal · November 23, 1970
- CLAIR ELISHA REEVES SAINTStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1970
- VERNON GLEN ZORNESCorporal · November 23, 1970
- IAN MCINTOSHWarrant Officer 1 · November 24, 1970
From Corning
- PAUL EDMUND REAUMECaptain · October 31, 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.