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MERVIN RALPH RICHTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1948 – March 19, 1969
Service recordMervin Ralph Richter, of Sunman, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 83
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Sunman, Indiana (Ripley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 83
- JACK LEE REXRODESpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- ELLIS ANDRE ROBERTSONLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- CHARLES ROECKLLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- HECTOR M SANCHEZ-ROHENASpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JESUS ENCARNACION-BETENCOURTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 80
- DEAN LEROY MOONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 81
- DONALD LEWIS OLIVEPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 82
- GLENN LOUIS SPARKSPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 84
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.