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LINWOOD PRESTON RICKARDS
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1924 – July 9, 1968
Service recordLinwood Preston Rickards, of Rockland, Maine, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 9, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 8
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician Ch-46 (6342)
- Born
- September 10, 1924
- Home of record
- Rockland, Maine (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 9, 1968
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 8
- HARRY ADELBERT BARBERSergeant · July 9, 1968
- JAMES J STRANGEWAY JRCorporal · July 9, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD THOMASLance Corporal · July 9, 1968
- FREDERICK REED WILLSergeant · July 9, 1968
From Rockland
- ANTHONY JOHN GUSTINSergeant First Class · July 7, 1966
- LYNN JORDAN RUSSELLSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- EARLE EUGEN MCAULIFFE JRPetty Officer Second Class · July 29, 1967
- MALCOLM PIERCE LIBBEYStaff Sergeant · October 12, 1967
- DONALD LEWIS MANSFIELDPrivate First Class · April 13, 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.