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JAMES RICKEY LINDSAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 24, 1948 – November 14, 1969
Service recordJames Rickey Lindsay, of Maylene, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 75
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Maylene, Alabama (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 75
- JOHN EDWARD LEASUREPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- JOEL AUSBIN MAY JRMajor · November 14, 1969
- RICKEY JOE MEDLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- MILLER EDWARD MORGANLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEE ANDRESENPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 72
- JAMES ROBERT VANHATTEMCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 77
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.