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WILLIAM J WICKWARD
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 23, 1933 – August 27, 1969
Service recordWilliam J Wickward, of North Wildwood, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 126
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 23, 1933
- Home of record
- North Wildwood, New Jersey (Cape May County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 126
- BRIAN ANDREW HUBISFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1969
- RICHARD WINFRED RILEYPetty Officer First Class · August 27, 1969
- JOHNNY EDWARD SHOUFFSpecialist Four · August 27, 1969
- EFRAIN VAZQUEZ-SANTIAGOPrivate · August 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID EDWARD FREESTONEPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 124
- DALE JAMES LENIOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 125
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.