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WILLIAM EDWARD BRICKER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1943 – May 28, 1968
Service recordWilliam Edward Bricker, of Decatur, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 6
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Decatur, Georgia (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 6
- JOHN CHARLES CARNEYSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- ALAN GLEN CARTERSergeant · May 28, 1968
- GERALD DONALD CONLEYCorporal · May 28, 1968
- EZRA DELANO CRAFTPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 9
- PAUL ALFRED GONZALESPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 9
- RICHARD JOSEPH JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 11
- CARROLL RODNEY MEIERCorporal · Panel 64W, Line 12
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 13
- ROBERT JAMES PLOURDECorporal · Panel 64W, Line 14
- ROBERT MICHAEL SOPKOPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 16
- BERNELL TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 17
- ROGER WAYNE VOLZPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 17
From Decatur
- HARRY SANFORD EDWARDS JRLieutenant Commander · October 20, 1966
- DAVID EDWARD MCRAELieutenant Commander · December 2, 1966
- CHARLES RICHARD GUTTILLAFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1967
- VIRGIL STANLEY JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- JOSEPH CHAMPIONSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- AUBREY LAURENCE HEWITTSergeant · June 3, 1967
- ROY HAMILTON LEACHPrivate · August 30, 1967
- EARL WELDON WATKINS JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- MICHAEL BARRY TURNERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON SHUMATEPrivate · February 19, 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.