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JAMES ARTHUR SICKLES
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
April 16, 1949 – September 15, 1969
Service recordJames Arthur Sickles, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 91
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- April 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Johnstown, Pennsylvania (Cambria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 91
- STEVEN ALLEN RICKERSONLance Corporal · September 15, 1969
- JAMES STEVEN ROGERSCorporal · September 15, 1969
- WILLIE ROGERS JRLance Corporal · September 15, 1969
- EDMOND RAY SACCOMENPrivate First Class · September 15, 1969
From Johnstown
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOHN CHARLES SIGGCaptain · May 28, 1965
- THOMAS N CARDIFF JRLance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- JAMES RUSSELL VALENTINELance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- JAMES BARRY MCGILLSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1967
- EDWARD ANDREW MINDYASAirman · July 29, 1967
- REED MCKINLEY MAY JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1967
- CHARLES AUGUSTUS DAVISStaff Sergeant · October 25, 1967
- STANLEY ALBERT STYSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- BERNARD FRANCIS YARBINITZPrivate First Class · May 25, 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.