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NORMAN LEO RICHARD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 25, 1935 – August 23, 1969
Service recordNorman Leo Richard, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 103
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 25, 1935
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 103
- FREDERICK C KINSLER JRLance Corporal · August 23, 1969
- DENNIS MAYON MATTOXSpecialist Four · August 23, 1969
- JON ERIC DAVISPrivate · August 24, 1969
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 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.