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RICHARD ALFRED GWINN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1947 – September 26, 1969
Service recordRichard Alfred Gwinn, of Miami, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 10
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 10
- DENNIS FRENCHSpecialist Four · September 26, 1969
- BRUCE EDWIN HAZLESpecialist Four · September 26, 1969
- WILLIAM MELVIN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS MACHULSpecialist Four · September 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ERIC ALLAN REAMCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 11
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.