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MICHAEL RAYMOND WICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – June 9, 1969
Service recordMichael Raymond Wick, of College Point, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 10
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- College Point, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 10
- MICHAEL ALAN WHITEStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1969
- GARY JOHN WINKLERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DENNIS STANLEY WOSICKSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- SAMUEL LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLEN BURINGRUDPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 117
- GORDON MILTON GEORGE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 120
- JACK ALBERT HARKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 1
- THOMAS ARTHUR HILLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 1
- JOHN MARSHALL MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 4
- JEROME DALE MORNEAUCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 4
- HECTOR M VALENTIN-PEREZCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 9
From College Point
- HORACE W COWDRICK JRPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HARNEDSergeant · August 23, 1968
- ANTHONY JAY DEBONOPrivate First Class · January 9, 1969
- ENVER BAJINCorporal · November 18, 1970
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.