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RICKEY DALE SOUTHERN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1946 – April 26, 1967
Service recordRickey Dale Southern, of Ellettsville, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 98
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
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Ellettsville, Indiana (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 98
- DAVID ERIC SCHELVANSergeant · April 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JEFF STEPHENSAirman First Class · April 26, 1967
- NATHANIEL H STEPHENS JRLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- RONALD JEROME HENRYLance Corporal · April 27, 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.