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CURTIS RICHARD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 23, 1943 – November 11, 1970
Service recordCurtis Richard, of Port Arthur, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 50
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Vehicle Materiel Supply Specialist (76S)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Port Arthur, Texas (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 50
- CHARLES VENTON MCGOVERNStaff Sergeant · November 10, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD ROYESergeant First Class · November 10, 1970
- FRANCIS XAVIER BUNKSpecialist Four · November 11, 1970
- RONALD EDWARD GARLANDPrivate First Class · November 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GEORGE HUGHESStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 51
From Port Arthur
- ADAM ERNEST SIMPSON JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1965
- HERBERT JAMES GABRIELPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- CLEVELAND KEAL JRPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- DANNY RAY NORTHCUTTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- PAUL SCOTTPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- LEROY PEGROSSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- RODGER DALE HEBERTPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- JOHN DEE POWELL JRLance Corporal · June 30, 1968
- TONY JOHN AYALAPrivate First Class · August 11, 1968
- PETER LOWELL RUSSELLSergeant · August 22, 1968
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.