Rickey Jackson Whitehead

Private First Class
L CO, 3RD BN, 4TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
12 January 1949 - 26 February 1969
Kenosha, Wisconsin
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3RD MARDIV

4TH MARINES 		Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Rickey Jackson Whitehead

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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