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PHILIP EUGENE RICHARD
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
November 9, 1949 – November 26, 1970
Service recordPhilip Eugene Richard, of South Euclid, Ohio, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 84
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 9, 1949
- Home of record
- South Euclid, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 84
- EDWARD DALE BURKETTSpecialist Five · November 26, 1970
- SAMUEL LEE GANTTSergeant · November 26, 1970
- RALPH HOWELLStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1970
- DAVID EDWARD KILLIANPrivate First Class · November 26, 1970
From South Euclid
- THOMAS ARTHUR CONKLINPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1967
- RONALD NICHOLIS SITTNERMajor · August 23, 1967
- GEORGE JOSEPH BODNARFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1968
- MARK DUANE MARSHALLCorporal · March 29, 1969
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.