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RICKY LYNN WIKLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1948 – January 22, 1969
Service recordRicky Lynn Wikle, of Concord, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 59
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Concord, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 59
- WILLIAM CARLYLE INGRAMLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
- ARDEN LEE KRUKOWPetty Officer Second Class · January 22, 1969
- JERRY PROCTOR LAIRDMajor · January 22, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM LOUGHRANSpecialist Four · January 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER CARL BANGERTCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 55
- KENNETH DUANE BROWNLEESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 56
- CORNELIOUS P DUKELOW IIPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 57
- RAMON N HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 58
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS WEEKSPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 62
From Concord
- EMIL ROGER ZISSSergeant · September 30, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLANANCaptain · January 7, 1966
- FRANK LEE GONDERMANSpecialist Four · June 27, 1966
- WILLIAM H SCHEIDTSpecialist Four · June 28, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS MELENDRESSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- ORVILLE BILL FRITSSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- DAVID NORTON PARKSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD FLICKINGERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- JOSEPH V SHERLOCK IIISpecialist Four · November 22, 1967
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.