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DENNIS RAY WHICKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1947 – February 3, 1969
Service recordDennis Ray Whicker, of Liberty, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 3, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Liberty, Missouri (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 3, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 52
- ERNEST ALLAN SPONGSergeant · February 3, 1969
- MALONE BENNETT TEMPLELance Corporal · February 3, 1969
- JOHN THOMAS WALLSSpecialist Four · February 3, 1969
- DAVID RYAN AUGUSTUSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
From Liberty
- TERRY LEE BRADENSeaman · January 23, 1967
- CLARENCE RAY HOLTSpecialist Four · February 10, 1968
- JOHN LEROY VINCENTPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- THOMAS M BRANDOM JRMajor · April 25, 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.