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WILLIAM JOEL RICKMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 16, 1948 – April 3, 1967
Service recordWilliam Joel Rickman, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 3, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 96
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Altoona, Pennsylvania (Blair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 96
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- JAMES LESTER PARKERSergeant First Class · April 3, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES POTEETPrivate First Class · April 3, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES SHERWOOD JRCorporal · April 3, 1967
From Altoona
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SCHUSTERCorporal · June 1, 1966
- ALFRED JAMES KIBLERLance Corporal · October 6, 1966
- DENNIS M SPAHNSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EDWARD PHILIP SZEYLLERLieutenant · April 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD CAREYLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- ROBERT CARL DAMBECKMaster Sergeant · July 7, 1967
- NICHOLAS CHARLES BIANCONICorporal · July 24, 1967
- GEAN PRESTON CLAPPERChief Master Sergeant · December 29, 1967
- SHELDON D SCHULTZChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 5, 1968
- CLARENCE JAMES CLAYCOMBStaff Sergeant · January 13, 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.