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JAMES ELLSWORTH RICKETTS JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
August 3, 1925 – April 8, 1969
Service recordJames Ellsworth Ricketts JR, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 8, 1969, in Thailand, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- August 3, 1925
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 43
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 25
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BRULLSergeant · May 8, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES SIMSPrivate · May 8, 1969
- LYNN LADELLE STEPHENSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1969
- ROBERT ELDON TURNERMajor · May 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN P ANDERSON JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 27W, Line 36
- JOSEPH M ORLOWSKICaptain · Panel 27W, Line 39
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
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.