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RICHARD ALAN KASKE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1947 – December 21, 1967
Service recordRichard Alan Kaske, of East Norwalk, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 36
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- East Norwalk, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 36
- RICHARD JOSEPH JANSKIPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- CARROL GENE KEEHNERLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- WILLIAM HENRY KENNEDYPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- JOSE ANTONIO TINAJEROPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL SCOTT BUKALAPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 34
- DAVID W MILDESecond Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 38
From East Norwalk
- WILLIAM JAMES TARSIStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1966
- DANIEL JOHN SHEAPrivate First Class · May 14, 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.