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EUGENE JAMES LEVICKIS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 8, 1946 – January 21, 1971
Service recordEugene James Levickis, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 21, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 59
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 59
- SAMUEL HOYT BARNETTPetty Officer First Class · January 21, 1971
- GREGORY SCOTT KARGERPrivate First Class · January 21, 1971
- STEVEN WILLIAM MOLLCorporal · January 21, 1971
- BARTOW WESLEY POTTS JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1971
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.