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STEVEN ALLEN RICKERSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1950 – September 15, 1969
Service recordSteven Allen Rickerson, of Clarendon, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 91
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Clarendon, Pennsylvania (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 91
- JAMES STEVEN ROGERSCorporal · September 15, 1969
- WILLIE ROGERS JRLance Corporal · September 15, 1969
- EDMOND RAY SACCOMENPrivate First Class · September 15, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR SICKLESPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1969
From Clarendon
- JOHN EDWARD ISHMANSergeant · February 22, 1968
- DAVID ELTON BEANStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1969
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.