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RONALD GLENN RICKS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1946 – September 30, 1971
Service recordRonald Glenn Ricks, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 30, 1971, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 31
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1971; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 31
- RONALD LESLIE BONDCaptain · September 30, 1971
- MICHAEL LEO DONOVANCaptain · September 30, 1971
- FREDERICK CONRAD HEBERTWarrant Officer 1 · September 30, 1971
- GEORGE WAYNE KAMENICKYFirst Lieutenant · September 30, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHRIS ROGER BEHMSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 30
- FREDERICK CONRAD HEBERTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 31
- THOMAS RODGERS STANSBURYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 2W, Line 32
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.