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RICHARD ALBERT GURULE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1946 – October 22, 1968
Service recordRichard Albert Gurule, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 19
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
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- February 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 19
- DAVID HERBERT FISHERSpecialist Five · October 22, 1968
- JAMES EARNEST FOSTERSergeant · October 22, 1968
- ROBERT LEE GARRETTPrivate First Class · October 22, 1968
- THOMAS DOUGLAS HARDYPrivate · October 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WAYNE MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40W, Line 21
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.