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KENNETH ALAN RICHEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1948 – December 7, 1969
Service recordKenneth Alan Richey, of Marion, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 37
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Marion, Indiana (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 37
- WEBB HERMAN LAYTON JRStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE LEIFSergeant · December 7, 1969
- JERRY DON PATTONPrivate First Class · December 7, 1969
- HOWARD EUGENE WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · December 7, 1969
From Marion
- JOSEPH DONALD GUERREROSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- THOMAS JEFFERSON FEARSCorporal · March 2, 1966
- MARVIN EDWARD GLASSBURNSergeant · March 21, 1966
- DAVID AMOS SCOTTSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- DAVID LEE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1967
- TERRY VIRGIL LEACHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- DONALD EARL CUTLERPrivate First Class · September 3, 1967
- CARL DINGUSCorporal · February 3, 1968
- LARRY JO GOSSPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1968
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · March 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.