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RICKEY ALLEN PROCTOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 15, 1948 – April 26, 1969
Service recordRickey Allen Proctor, of Redding, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 56
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Redding, California (Shasta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 56
- JOHN FRANCIS QUINNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- SETH EARL RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- DON MARK ROBERTSONLance Corporal · April 26, 1969
- FREDERIC LEE SCHRECONGOSTPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LEO MEYERS BRELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 52
- JAMES DAVID BURNSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 52
- JOHNNIE LEE GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 54
- MARK STEVEN LENNONSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 55
- ROBERT LEE TRISDALESergeant First Class · Panel 26W, Line 57
From Redding
- RANDELL FRANK SHANNONSpecialist Four · September 28, 1966
- CURTIS DARRELL JACKSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 27, 1967
- DALE CHRISTOPHER PEHRSONCorporal · November 30, 1967
- BARRY N GRIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- RAYMOND CALVIN GUESTCorporal · March 15, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT RETZLOFF JRConstructionman · March 31, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- MEL ROY BALLARDSergeant · April 18, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM CRANFORDPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BATESPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
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.