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RICKEY JOE MEDLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1950 – November 14, 1969
Service recordRickey Joe Medlin, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 75
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Target Acquisition Specialist (17C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F BTRY 26 ARTY 108 ARTY GRP
- Born
- August 12, 1950
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 75
- JOHN EDWARD LEASUREPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- JAMES RICKEY LINDSAYPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- JOEL AUSBIN MAY JRMajor · November 14, 1969
- MILLER EDWARD MORGANLance Corporal · November 14, 1969
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.