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DAVID HORACE RISHER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 3, 1943 – September 6, 1968
Service recordDavid Horace Risher, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 6, 1968, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 51
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 3, 1943
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1968; five of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 51
- MICHAEL LYNN GRIFFITHSergeant · September 6, 1968
- WILLIAM RICHARD GUENTHERSergeant · September 6, 1968
- TERRANCE RANDALL HANSONSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
- MICHAEL OWEN HARDESTYSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.