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ROY EDWARD FICKLING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1949 – November 28, 1969
Service recordRoy Edward Fickling, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 130 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 130
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 130
- CARL EARLY DEAN JRCorporal · November 28, 1969
- ROBERT WILLIAM DONAHUE JRSecond Lieutenant · November 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LYNN FERGUSONPetty Officer First Class · November 28, 1969
- MICHAEL THURSTON GIBSONStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANGEL LUIS ACEVEDO-MILLANSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 129
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 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.