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CHARLES LAWRENCE RICHTMYRE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 16, 1943 – February 13, 1966
Service recordCharles Lawrence Richtmyre, of Winnetka, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Winnetka, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 30
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- DANIEL GORDON ROGERSPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- ROBERT KEITH WORLEYSergeant · February 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROGER ALLEN BISESpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 28
- JOHN MICHAEL HOARPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 29
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 30
- ROBERT KEITH WORLEYSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 30
From Winnetka
- ANDREW JESENEK TELLISCaptain · January 7, 1968
- DONALD DEAN PERKINS JRFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- WILLIAM F BENOIST IIISpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
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.