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JOHN RICHARD MICKLE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 1, 1943 – June 9, 1971
Service recordJohn Richard Mickle, of Washington Court House, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1971, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 70
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Engineering Supervisor (51H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 1, 1943
- Home of record
- Washington Court House, Ohio (Fayette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bac Lieu Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 70
- THOMAS HOYT FARMERSpecialist Four · June 8, 1971
- HIAWATHA HENRY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · June 8, 1971
- THOMAS EDWARD EPPERSONSergeant · June 9, 1971
- STEPHEN KNIGHT MASDENSpecialist Four · June 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE SIMMONSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 71
From Washington Court House
- JOE EDGAR BELLGunnery Sergeant · February 8, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WINGSpecialist Four · October 13, 1967
- TERRY LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- EARL LLOYD COOKSpecialist Four · July 9, 1969
- JAMES HAROLD WAULK JRCorporal · February 20, 1970
- JOHNNY RATLIFFChief Petty Officer · December 19, 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.