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CHARLES HOWARD RICHIE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 12, 1951 – November 18, 1971
Service recordCharles Howard Richie, of Berea, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1971, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 68
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Berea, Kentucky (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 68
- VINCENT PATRICK MARTIN JRWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1971
- WILFRED NORBERT POEPPINGSpecialist Four · November 15, 1971
- THOMAS JOE PUFFWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1971
- BRADFORD MARK GRAHAMSpecialist Five · November 18, 1971
From Berea
- MARCUS DELMAR WHITESpecialist Four · February 11, 1967
- KENNETH ALLENSergeant · December 28, 1967
- ROBERT GLENN GALLOWAYSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- HUGH MCNEIL BYRD JRCaptain · January 9, 1969
- DAVID EUGENE BUTTRYPrivate First Class · July 6, 1969
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.