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THOMAS WAYNE BICKFORD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 2, 1950 – July 11, 1971
Service recordThomas Wayne Bickford, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 11, 1971, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 105
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Lincoln Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 105
- RONALD JAMES KRIEGSpecialist Four · July 10, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES MANIASSpecialist Four · July 10, 1971
- BRYAN LEE WILKENSpecialist Four · July 10, 1971
- ROBERT LEWIS KINGStaff Sergeant · July 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EUGENE LUKOWChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 3W, Line 106
From Lincoln Park
- GERALD ANTHONY KOSAKOWSKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM POWERSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- ELI WAYNE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RONALD LEE BECKETTCorporal · April 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE KLINELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- VAUGHN THOMAS ONEILPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- JOHN FOLDVARY JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · May 2, 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.