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RICHARD A WORTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 29, 1946 – September 4, 1967
Service recordRichard A Worth, of Marshall, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 112
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Marshall, Texas (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 112
- MERLE DEANE TURNERLieutenant Colonel · September 4, 1967
- ERIC MICHAEL WARDWELLLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- STEVEN JAMES WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- EARL WILLIAM FERNANDEZStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED FREDERICK ALVARADOSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 94
- EARL RUSSELL COBBPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 96
- MICHAEL DAVID DECAMPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 25E, Line 97
- CLARENCE EARL DRAKESCorporal · Panel 25E, Line 97
- ED NATHAN LOUIS GRANTStaff Sergeant · Panel 25E, Line 100
- MANFORD DALVIS STEWARTPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 111
From Marshall
- FREDDY DEAN DODSONPrivate First Class · June 30, 1964
- JAMES WIMBERLEY LEWISColonel · April 7, 1965
- JOE HERBERT EPPSPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JAMES GRADY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- MARION EDWARD WAUGHMajor · May 5, 1968
- SAM JONESLance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- HERBERT WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · November 4, 1968
- PATRICK LYNN BLAIRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MANNINGCorporal · May 12, 1969
- EDWARD LEE DAVISSpecialist Four · September 8, 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.