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RICHARD ALBERT CASSIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1943 – May 4, 1967
Service recordRichard Albert Cassin, of Torrington, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 35
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1943
- Home of record
- Torrington, Connecticut (Litchfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 35
- ROBERT BRUCE BEESONSergeant · May 4, 1967
- CLARENCE BLANKSSpecialist Four · May 4, 1967
- THOMAS ALLEN BRYNELSENPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- JOHN STANBOROUGH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT BRUCE BEESONSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 35
- CLARENCE BLANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 35
- ALEXANDER FOREPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 36
- ANTHONY EDMOND KUNZSergeant · Panel 19E, Line 38
- MARSHALL KENNETH MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 39
From Torrington
- PAUL HENRY PHILLIPSPrivate · July 5, 1966
- ANTHONY JOSEPH ROMANIELLOPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS TINO JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- GERALD JASON ROBERTS JRCorporal · August 31, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN FALK JRLance Corporal · January 26, 1968
- CHARLES LEE BERGEVINMajor · August 23, 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.