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DAVID WALLACE WICKHAM II
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
June 29, 1934 – December 17, 1965
Service recordDavid Wallace Wickham II, of Wheeling, West Virginia, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 17, 1965, in North Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 21
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA113 USS KITTY HAWK CVA 63
- Born
- June 29, 1934
- Home of record
- Wheeling, West Virginia (Ohio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1965
- Age
- 31
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 21
- RALPH LEON HINSONStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- CLAUDE WESLEY MATHEWSAirman First Class · December 17, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
- JOHNSON ASHLEY MEADEAirman First Class · December 17, 1965
From Wheeling
- JACK WEBB KLEIN SRStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1965
- MARTIN C KNAPPStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- ROBERT DAVE HICKMANSergeant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES E ANDERSON JRCorporal · February 18, 1967
- GEORGE EDWARD MCCROBIECorporal · February 23, 1967
- GEORGE PAUL CUSTERLance Corporal · May 22, 1967
- JOSEPH RONALD KLUGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY DUPLAGASeaman · July 29, 1967
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- DAVID PAUL MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
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.