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RICKY WAYNE CHURCH
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 15, 1949 – August 15, 1969
Service recordRicky Wayne Church, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 44
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 44
- TYRONE CHATMANCorporal · August 15, 1969
- SANCHEZ ALEJO DELVALLESpecialist Four · August 15, 1969
- CHESTER LEON GOINSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
- JOHNNIE GRAHAM JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JACKY EUGENE LANDERSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 45
- RICHARD DOUGLAS LAXSONSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 45
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.