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RICK EGGBURTUS MEDARIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 1, 1949 – November 4, 1969
Service recordRick Eggburtus Medaris, of Jenison, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 31
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Jenison, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 31
- JOHN ALLEN PAYNEStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1969
- MARION LEE ROACHStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1969
- LAWRENCE EDWARD SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LANIER ALFORDChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 16W, Line 26
- JOHN STEVEN ANDERSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 26
- RICHARD GENE BAUERSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 26
- ALFONSO ROQUE CASTROCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 27
- JIM RAY CAVENDERChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 16W, Line 27
- EDUARDO RIVERA-PAGANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 27
- ROBERT JOHN GROVERSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 28
- ALLAN GORDON KENNEDYSpecialist Six · Panel 16W, Line 30
- JAMES ROBERT KLIMOSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 30
- JOHN ALLEN PAYNEStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 31
- MARION LEE ROACHStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 31
- JOHN ALAN WAREStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 32
From Jenison
- RANDAL RAY AYLWORTHPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- ROGER DALE ROOTSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
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.