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EDWIN JAMES FICKLER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 4, 1943 – January 17, 1969
Service recordEdwin James Fickler, of Kewaskum, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on January 17, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 23
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vma (Aw) (I), Frs Basic A-6 (7511)
- Unit (as recorded)
- H & MS 11 MAG 11 1 MAW
- Born
- May 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Kewaskum, Wisconsin (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 17, 1969
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1969, 985 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 34W, Line 23
- GREG BENSON ELLISONFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1969
- JOSEPH ESCAMILLASergeant · January 17, 1969
- RICHARD ALAN FLEMINGCaptain · January 17, 1969
- BARRY RICHARD FRANKSCorporal · January 17, 1969
From Kewaskum
- JAMES WALTER MANTHEIWarrant Officer 1 · March 21, 1971
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.