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RICARDO WAYNE REGALADO
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 1, 1949 – November 15, 1969
Service recordRicardo Wayne Regalado, of Everett, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 81
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Everett, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 81
- WILLIAM DAVID MCGIVERNStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1969
- CORDELL JOSEPH PONAKFirst Lieutenant · November 15, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD POOLECorporal · November 15, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT RANKINSpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LLOYD DUCOMMUNSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 78
- FOREST CLAYTON HODGKINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 80
- JOHN ROBERT RANKINSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 81
- WALTER DAVID ROMEROFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 82
- ADAM WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 82
From Everett
- PAUL HERBERT EKLUNDSecond Lieutenant · November 19, 1965
- PATRICK MICHAEL DOYLELance Corporal · March 25, 1966
- BILLIE DWAINE LANDERSStaff Sergeant · September 17, 1966
- ROBERT LAYMON ARMITAGEPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- RONALD DAVID HARTSpecialist Four · February 17, 1967
- JOE PAUL LARSENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN WAGNER JRSergeant · May 19, 1967
- ROBERT HARVEY PEARSONCaptain · June 11, 1967
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL DAWSONSpecialist Four · July 21, 1967
- RICKY PALMER MATTERNWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 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.