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ERIC FICKLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 15, 1947 – April 25, 1968
Service recordEric Ficklin, of Morton, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Morton, Mississippi (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 5
- BILLY R GIVENSMajor · April 25, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN GRAHAMSpecialist Four · April 25, 1968
- PHILLIP WAYNE GRINDOLSergeant · April 25, 1968
- HUBIA JUDE GUILLORYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
From Morton
- EXCELL FICKLINStaff Sergeant · May 16, 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.