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JAMES BURNELL RICKELS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
April 13, 1949 – March 15, 1968
Service recordJames Burnell Rickels, of Wyoming, Iowa, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 61
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
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Wyoming, Iowa (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 61
- WALTER LEE MCCAHANLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 1968
- ROGER TILTON NELSONLance Corporal · March 15, 1968
- WALTER JOHN PANAMAROFFFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1968
- HOWARD PALMA PETTYLieutenant Colonel · March 15, 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.