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JAY DEE RICHTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1942 – April 24, 1968
Service recordJay Dee Richter, of Pasadena, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 49
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1968; nine of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 49
- BRIAN HARDMAN PHILIBERTChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 24, 1968
- ARDEN KEITH RENVILLESpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- FRANK RUDOLPH SIMMONSLance Corporal · April 24, 1968
- JOHN HERSHEL SOUTHCaptain · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN COXSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 44
- PAUL BAREN CREIGHTONPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 45
- LUIS ANTONIO ORTIZ-PEREZSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 48
- TERRY WILLIAM SHOOTPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 48
- JOHN HERSHEL SOUTHCaptain · Panel 51E, Line 49
- JERRY BOB TRUITTPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 1
- RALPH VOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 1
- JOHN MICHAEL WEATHERFORDStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 1
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
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.