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RICKIE D SPARKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 26, 1947 – November 18, 1967
Service recordRickie D Sparks, of Tecumseh, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Tecumseh, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 19
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · November 18, 1967
- IVAN DAVID ROTHFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- HUGH DON SCOTTCorporal · November 18, 1967
- COTIES R SOWELLPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ERWIN BEEKSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 13
- DONALD HENRY HOLMSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 16
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 16
- JAMES DAVID SUGGSPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 20
From Tecumseh
- DAVID T BROOKSStaff Sergeant · November 18, 1967
- DONALD LEE RUDDPetty Officer Second Class · March 3, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE GERTENCorporal · December 31, 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.