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WILLIAM ARTHUR WICKS
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 21, 1949 – July 12, 1970
Service recordWilliam Arthur Wicks, of North Bellmore, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 21, 1949
- Home of record
- North Bellmore, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 13
- CAREY JAY PRATTStaff Sergeant · July 12, 1970
- RICHARD FLOYD QUINNSergeant · July 12, 1970
- HANS ANTHONY RAJCEVACSpecialist Four · July 12, 1970
- THOMAS WALL JRPrivate First Class · July 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILBERT RAY DRANEPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 11
- EDDIE D MAPESSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 12
- JESUS CARLOS NUNEZPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 12
From North Bellmore
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MANCUSOSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- JOSEPH MANDARINOPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.