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RICKY LEE SHACKELFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 12, 1947 – June 9, 1968
Service recordRicky Lee Shackelford, of Del City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 14
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Born
- October 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Del City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 14
- JACK COLUMBUS RITTICHIERLieutenant · June 9, 1968
- AUGUST ROMANOPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- WALTER ROY SCHMIDT JRCaptain · June 9, 1968
- DONATO JOSEPH SIMIELESergeant · June 9, 1968
From Del City
- JIMMY MERYL MULLINSLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- VERNON JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- RONALD WADE PATTONCorporal · November 23, 1967
- GERALD LOYD PARSONSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- KENNETH W SKINNER IIIPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- HAROLD LESLIE JONESLance Corporal · May 8, 1969
- JIMMY DOYLE SANDERSCorporal · January 3, 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.