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HARRY W WICKERSHAM JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 21, 1943 – November 10, 1968
Service recordHarry W Wickersham JR, of Kingsville, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 45
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1943
- Home of record
- Kingsville, Texas (Kleberg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 45
- JOHN PAUL MURPHYSpecialist Four · November 10, 1968
- HAWK JESSE MILTON REDPrivate · November 10, 1968
- JOHN GWIN RITCHPrivate First Class · November 10, 1968
- BILLIE GROVER RUSSCorporal · November 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIAM HOLLCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 44
- LARRY RALPH LALANSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 44
From Kingsville
- HENRY C LEEStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1967
- JESUS RAMON PEREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- ANTONIO VARGAS GARCIASergeant · August 10, 1968
- WAYNE CLARENCE ELLEDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- DANIEL TELLEZPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- ALBERTO GUTIERREZ CORTEZPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- NORMAN DWANE AUTENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 18, 1969
- RAMON MOYA JRSergeant · May 12, 1970
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.