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RICHARD LEE SICKLES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 16, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordRichard Lee Sickles, of Albemarle, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 84
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Albemarle, North Carolina (Stanly County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Read the history
Also on Panel 25W, Line 84
- ARTHUR EDWARD SCOTTSergeant · May 12, 1969
- RONALD MARK SETTIMICorporal · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD DEAN SHANNON JRCorporal · May 12, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT SHEPARDSergeant · May 12, 1969
From Albemarle
- HENRY FONZO SMITHSergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM DAVID LAMBERTPrivate First Class · December 7, 1966
- HARRY LAMAR BLALOCKPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- JERRY ARTHUR SNIPESPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- JAMES FELIX RUMMAGECorporal · December 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES MASKESergeant · March 28, 1969
- CURTIS RAY HARRISSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- EUGENE PAUL CLARKCorporal · August 12, 1969
- HAROLD PHILIP FESPERMANSergeant · February 14, 1970
- JOEL CLINTON HATLEYSpecialist Four · March 5, 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.