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RICKY LYNN CORNELL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – November 14, 1968
Service recordRicky Lynn Cornell, of Salinas, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 66
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Salinas, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 66
- MONROE GREERPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- RANDOLPH EDWARD HATTONPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- GABRIEL HERRADALance Corporal · November 14, 1968
- JERRY DWAIN HILLCorporal · November 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANK L DOMINGUEZSpecialist Four · Panel 39W, Line 64
- DONALD HENRY GREINERSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 64
From Salinas
- JOE CARROL ROBERTSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- ALTON EUGENE BAKERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- DARELL GOODWIN FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- ERNEST FELIPE LOSOYALance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- ROBERT LESTER MILLERLieutenant · March 7, 1967
- DANNY JOE KEITHCorporal · June 2, 1967
- GERALD LELAND POPPASergeant · August 1, 1968
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- EUGENE MERLE CHRISTERCorporal · December 15, 1968
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.