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LARRY EUGENE RICKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 10, 1946 – December 1, 1968
Service recordLarry Eugene Ricks, of Lufkin, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 18
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Lufkin, Texas (Angelina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 18
- JOSEPH ADELBERT MERRILLPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- NORMAN ANTHONY MILLERMaster Sergeant · December 1, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR PERKINS JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- NEWTON RAY PLUMMERSergeant · December 1, 1968
From Lufkin
- HOOVER MORRISSergeant First Class · November 12, 1965
- GEORGE EDWARD OVERSHINECorporal · September 29, 1967
- CLENZELL MORRISPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- EDDIE CLAYTON HARRISPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- WESLEY EUGENE HODGESCorporal · February 23, 1968
- BENNIE JOE SISSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1968
- JOHN CLARK HURSTCaptain · July 13, 1968
- WAYDELL GETTERStaff Sergeant · August 22, 1968
- OTTIS EDWARD STRINGERLance Corporal · July 12, 1969
- CHARLES QUINTEN POLKPrivate First Class · November 25, 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.