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DICK E CUFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1947 – March 20, 1968
Service recordDick E Cuff, of Maxwell, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Maxwell, Iowa (Story County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 39
- ALLEN EUGENE FELLOWSColonel · March 20, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM GOODHEARTSpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- WILLIE GRANT JRPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES CORDIASpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 38
- GREGORY FREDRICK MOSSFORDPrivate First Class · Panel 45E, Line 41
From Maxwell
- DAVID L PEARSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1967
- RICHARD M WELCHFirst Lieutenant · October 2, 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.