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RICKY MICHAEL ARIENS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 31, 1950 – October 19, 1971
Service recordRicky Michael Ariens, of Brookville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1971, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 43
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 31, 1950
- Home of record
- Brookville, Indiana (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bac Lieu Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 43
- RICHARD HENRY DEFERMajor · October 18, 1971
- WESLEY STEWART SHELTONSpecialist Four · October 18, 1971
- ALAN RANSOM BOONECaptain · October 19, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARL WHITEMAN IICaptain · Panel 2W, Line 42
- ALAN RANSOM BOONECaptain · Panel 2W, Line 43
- CALVIN BUSTER CHILDRESSSergeant First Class · Panel 2W, Line 44
- MARSHALL WAYNE WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 44
From Brookville
- DONALD PHILIP SCHUCKPrivate · May 28, 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.