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RICHARD ALBERT DORIA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 29, 1947 – August 19, 1969
Service recordRichard Albert Doria, of White Plains, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 67
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- White Plains, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 67
- ROBERTO CERVANTES DUENASCorporal · August 19, 1969
- JOHN DAVID DUNCANCorporal · August 19, 1969
- ODELL EASLEYPrivate First Class · August 19, 1969
- JOHN NORLEE FLANIGANCaptain · August 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELI PAGE HOWARD JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 19W, Line 68
- TIMOTHY ALLEN MOHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 71
- HARVEY RICHARD MCCUISTONPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 72
- FRANKLIN DELANO ROWELLSergeant Major · Panel 19W, Line 73
From White Plains
- FREDERICK HOMEYERLance Corporal · April 18, 1966
- CORNELIUS PAUL KENEALLYPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES DEMARSICOPrivate First Class · October 1, 1966
- LOUIS JOSEPH REEDStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1966
- GLENN ANDRE SHEPPARDLance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BRUCE EINAR ENGSTROMSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- CHARLES JOSEPH RACHONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- EDWARD JOHN HUGHES JRCaptain · May 9, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK RILEYPrivate First Class · August 9, 1968
- HERBERT JAY GLAZERCaptain · September 7, 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.