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JOHN AULDE SICKEL III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1945 – March 7, 1967
Service recordJohn Aulde Sickel III, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Longmeadow, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 38
- CHARLES DAVID RIKARDStaff Sergeant · March 7, 1967
- RALPH LLOYD STILLWAGONERSpecialist Five · March 7, 1967
- LOUIS FERNDEZ TORRESPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- LANNY GAYLE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CECIL DARRELL MCCANNSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 36
From Longmeadow
- THOMAS KEITH KAMPSergeant · November 17, 1969
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.