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JOHN WILLIAM URICK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1947 – May 3, 1967
Service recordJohn William Urick, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 34
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 34
- WILLIAM THOMAS WOMBLE JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT GENE YAGUESPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- MELVIN LEE ALLENLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- EMMETT EUGENE BALLREESergeant · May 4, 1967
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.