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LEON ROSS BARICKMAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1949 – July 27, 1969
Service recordLeon Ross Barickman, of Lewisville, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 54
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Lewisville, Minnesota (Watonwan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 54
- WILLIAM GAYLAND BARKERSpecialist Four · July 27, 1969
- ERIC EMANUEL BERGQUISTWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BERTAGNASergeant · July 27, 1969
- ROBERT HOWARD BARRLieutenant Colonel · July 28, 1969
From Lewisville
- RONALD DEAN KARAUSergeant · March 20, 1971
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.