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RICKEY ALLAN SLANDER
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
February 11, 1951 – February 23, 1971
Service recordRickey Allan Slander, of New Ulm, Minnesota, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 23, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 1
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 11, 1951
- Home of record
- New Ulm, Minnesota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 1
- GILBERT OLIVER RUFF JRPrivate First Class · February 23, 1971
- ROY YASUSHI SHINKAWAWarrant Officer 1 · February 23, 1971
- TERRY MAXWELL USHERFirst Lieutenant · February 23, 1971
- WILLIAM THOMAS WALERZAKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
From New Ulm
- ALLAN ROY HOFFMANLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- HENRY CLARENCE POLZINCorporal · July 31, 1969
- TIMOTHY EMMETT SULLIVANSergeant · April 18, 1970
- STEVEN CARL SEEMANWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 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.