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JOHN SCOTT RICK
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 8, 1949 – March 23, 1970
Service recordJohn Scott Rick, of Fullerton, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 36
- HOWARD GILBERT BENFORDSenior Master Sergeant · December 19, 1969
- RAYMOND EARL OTTSpecialist Four · March 23, 1970
- SCOTT KENTON PARDEEWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1970
- WILLIAM ITHEL PIRKLESergeant · March 23, 1970
- TOMMY HERMAN SWAINPrivate First Class · March 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MORTON KLEINSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 35
- WILLIAM ITHEL PIRKLESergeant · Panel 12W, Line 36
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 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.