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JOHN A RICKELS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 31, 1944 – January 29, 1968
Service recordJohn A Rickels, of Lovington, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Lovington, New Mexico (Lea County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 62
- ESTEBAN PENA ESTRADACorporal · January 29, 1968
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM NEHERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS PITTMANSpecialist Four · January 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK WALTER ASPPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 58
- KENNETH JOSEPH GRASSLPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 60
- VICTOR JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 60
- GENE LAWRENCE KUVIKStaff Sergeant · Panel 35E, Line 61
- RICKY ALAN MYERSPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 62
- JOHN PETER ZIELINSKISpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 64
From Lovington
- REYNALDO GUZMANLance Corporal · January 25, 1966
- EDWARD EARL DAVIESLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- ENNIS EUGENE CROWSpecialist Four · January 2, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE HAGERLance Corporal · January 6, 1968
- TERRY LEO TRAINORFirst Lieutenant · March 13, 1968
- RONALD GENE MCCRAWSergeant · March 14, 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.