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Lieutenant Commander Patrick John Vickers

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Lieutenant Commander Patrick John Vickers

Birth
Brisbane, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia
Death
22 Feb 1968 (aged 32)
Khánh Hòa, Vietnam
Burial
Buderim, Sunshine Coast Council, Queensland, Australia Add to Map
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O1622 Lieutenant Commander Patrick John Vickers, RAN Helicopter Flight, Vietnam, Vickers was fatally wounded as he piloted a leading helicopter on a mission to retrieve troops from 1 ARVN division, near Xuan Loc, Long Khan Province on 22nd February 1968. He was the first RAN member to die in Vietnam.


Monument at Australian War Memorial

Monument at The Queensland Garden of Remembrance

O1622 Lieutenant Commander Patrick John Vickers, RAN Helicopter Flight, Vietnam, Vickers was fatally wounded as he piloted a leading helicopter on a mission to retrieve troops from 1 ARVN division, near Xuan Loc, Long Khan Province on 22nd February 1968. He was the first RAN member to die in Vietnam.


Monument at Australian War Memorial

Monument at The Queensland Garden of Remembrance


Inscription

In memory of
Lt Com. Patrick Vickers
22-2-68


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