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RICKY LYNN JAMES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1950 – March 3, 1971
Service recordRicky Lynn James, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 19
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Sapulpa, Oklahoma (Creek County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 19
- JAMES EDWARD DUNCANSergeant First Class · March 3, 1971
- MOSES HAYWOOD JRLance Corporal · March 3, 1971
- TOMMY RAY HENDERSONSpecialist Four · March 3, 1971
- NEIL SCOTT KENDALLPrivate First Class · March 3, 1971
From Sapulpa
- RONALD WAYNE HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1967
- MICHAEL PERRY KNIGHTPrivate First Class · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM GLENN YOUNGPrivate First Class · September 13, 1967
- MERLE KEITH CARTERFireman · October 22, 1967
- GENE ALLEN FRAZIERSergeant · July 26, 1968
- DANNY WILLIAM TIFFTLance Corporal · December 18, 1968
- RONALD HERMAN YOUNGConstructionman · April 13, 1969
- DAVID BRUNERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- RICHARD LEE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- TERRY KEITH MCDONELLCorporal · August 15, 1969
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.