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WALTER GUY WICKER JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 25, 1949 – October 14, 1969
Service recordWalter Guy Wicker JR, of Siler City, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 76
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Siler City, North Carolina (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 76
- FRANK NORMAN WILLIAMSCorporal · October 13, 1969
- JOHN WILLIE BENNETTCorporal · October 14, 1969
- DENNIS ADRAIN BROWNPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- JIMMIE LYNN CASTLEBERRYSpecialist Four · October 14, 1969
From Siler City
- JIMMY LOUIS SILERPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- EZEKIEL PAIGESergeant · March 31, 1968
- HAROLD LEE GLOVERCorporal · November 23, 1968
- HAYWOOD RODGERSSergeant · August 14, 1971
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.