Rickey Jackson Whitehead
Private First Class
L CO, 3RD BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Kenosha, Wisconsin
January 12, 1949 to February 26, 1969
RICKEY J WHITEHEAD is on the Wall at Panel W31, Line 74

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10 Feb 2001

Always in our thoughts and memories.
Sadly missed by his sisters
Genise Salerno and Joy Martin.

Genise Salerno and family
krsges@yahoo.com

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Lima Company, 3/4 Marines, lost at least eight men during an assault on an NVA position in Quang Tri Province on 26 Feb 1969:
  • Cpl Raymond Yazzie, Church Rock, NM
  • Pfc Jerry R. Frazier, Des Moines, IA (Silver Star)
  • Pfc Manuel Gonzales, San Marcos, TX
  • Pfc Kenneth A. Lavine, East Hartford, CT
  • Pfc William C. Matthews, Derby, KS
  • Pfc Dennis K. Millison, Sharon, PA
  • Pfc Glenn B. Rao, New Iberia, LA
  • Pfc Rickey J. Whitehead, Kenosha, WI
Although the 3/4 Command Chronology says there were "9 KIA and 8 WIA" from heavy automatic weapons and mortar fire, as well as command-detonated mines, there is not another known death among the forces involved in the assault (Bravo and Charlie 1/4; Delta 1/3). The numbers may be inverted in the Chronology.

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