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JOHN EUGENE WICKHAM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 11, 1947 – August 26, 1968
Service recordJohn Eugene Wickham, of Zanesville, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 36
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cargo Specialist (57H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Zanesville, Ohio (Muskingum County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 36
- MICHAEL BERNARD SHUMANSergeant · August 26, 1968
- CHARLES ARTHUR WHALENLance Corporal · August 26, 1968
- RONNIE G AVERYPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
- JAMES C BARBOUR JRPrivate First Class · August 27, 1968
From Zanesville
- GUY WINFRED HUEYSergeant First Class · December 30, 1966
- MARION EARL WILSONPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RICKY LEE HULLWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1968
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · June 21, 1968
- JERRY LEE SHULTZSpecialist Four · July 22, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH GILDOWPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- KENNETH DAVISPetty Officer Second Class · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS WAYNE UNDERWOODStaff Sergeant · March 21, 1970
- ROY LESTER PHIPPSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
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.