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EDWARD JAMES VICKS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 9, 1945 – April 17, 1968
Service recordEdward James Vicks JR, of Binghamton, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Binghamton, New York (Broome County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 34
- JAMES THOMAS SUTTONLance Corporal · April 17, 1968
- RUDY MICHEL THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH VENNARDCorporal · April 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CLINTON BRYANTPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 26
- LARRY LEE CHAPMANSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 26
- CARLOS JUAN MEDINACorporal · Panel 50E, Line 31
- WILLIAM WAYNE MOUTONSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 31
- LOUIS STEPHAN MUCHAPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 31
- MICHAEL LAVERNE PHEIFFERPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 33
From Binghamton
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BROWNLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- LAWRENCE EVERETT JOHNSONPetty Officer Third Class · March 4, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM EDWARDSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD STEIERPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES GILLETTEPrivate First Class · September 9, 1966
- EARL LEON CRISSELL JRCorporal · March 1, 1967
- JOHN EDWIN BERNARDSergeant · June 17, 1967
- ROBIN DOUGLAS MACLEODPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- LAWRENCE DAVID PETERSSergeant · September 4, 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.