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RICKIE ALLAN LOOMIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 16, 1948 – July 6, 1969
Service recordRickie Allan Loomis, of Coquille, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Coquille, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 71
- JOHN DAVID LINDBERGSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANCIS RIGDONSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- PATRICK RAY SCOTTLance Corporal · July 6, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE SPEARSCorporal · July 6, 1969
From Coquille
- JOE LAWRENCE HILLPrivate First Class · August 4, 1966
- WILLIAM LARRY WILSONCorporal · May 19, 1968
- JOHN LANNING WILSON JRSergeant · April 15, 1971
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.