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DWIGHT GRAY RICKMAN
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 4, 1947 – December 25, 1972
Service recordDwight Gray Rickman, of Joplin, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on December 25, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SO 1 1 ANGELICO
- Born
- January 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Joplin, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 25, 1972
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1972; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1972, 75 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 1W, Line 105
- PAUL VERNON JACKSON IIICaptain · December 24, 1972
- STEPHEN LOUIS RAYBURNSpecialist Four · December 24, 1972
- ROBERT JOHN MORRIS JRCaptain · December 26, 1972
- NUTTER JEROME WIMBROW IIIMajor · December 26, 1972
From Joplin
- WILLIAM JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Five · October 21, 1965
- LAWRENCE MCCREAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- VIRGIL MADISON LEDFORDSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- MONTY RAE SEWELLLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- CHARLES BRENT HORTONLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JIMMY DALE HATFIELDPrivate First Class · September 26, 1967
- ROBERT JACK RUHL JRCorporal · February 12, 1968
- JOE RAY WHITTEDSergeant · May 15, 1968
- LARRY DEAN PLILERSergeant · May 31, 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.