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RICHARD JAMES PICKARD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 22, 1947 – May 9, 1969
Service recordRichard James Pickard, of Cartersville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1969, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 32
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Cartersville, Georgia (Bartow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 32
- FREDERICK JOHN MAGSAMENSergeant · May 9, 1969
- DAVID MARTIN PETERSONSpecialist Four · May 9, 1969
- GUY LEON PRATT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1969
From Cartersville
- GEORGE A WILSONSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD RICHARDSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LORENZA CONNERCaptain · October 27, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE GENTRYPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- STANLEY THOMAS BRADLEYSergeant · March 28, 1969
- BOBBY JOE JONESStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1969
- BILLY DEAN WEHUNTSpecialist Four · June 10, 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.