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DALE RAY RICHTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1946 – August 26, 1968
Service recordDale Ray Richter, of Sweet Home, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 32
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Specialist (71L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Sweet Home, Oregon (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 32
- LARRY DENNIS CALLAGHANSergeant · July 21, 1968
- RONALD GLEN NOBLECorporal · August 26, 1968
- FRED OMAR PRATTFirst Lieutenant · August 26, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REITERCorporal · August 26, 1968
- CRAIG ARTHUR RICHSergeant · August 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EARL SHERMAN BAZEMORESpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 26
- RICHARD LAWRENCE DAUGHERTYCorporal · Panel 46W, Line 26
- JOHN CURTIN IIISpecialist Four · Panel 46W, Line 28
- DALE MARTIN HUSTONSpecialist Five · Panel 46W, Line 29
From Sweet Home
- FRED JOSEPH WILLIAMS JRLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES HURSESergeant · June 12, 1967
- TED QUINTON REED JRSergeant · March 7, 1969
- HARLEY DANIEL DIMICKSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM CARPER JRSpecialist Four · July 3, 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.