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RICHARD ALLEN BURINGRUD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1946 – June 9, 1969
Service recordRichard Allen Buringrud, of Argusville, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 117
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Argusville, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 117
- CHRISTOPHER JOHN BEANSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- MARK WAYNE BELLCorporal · June 9, 1969
- WILLIAM MARVIN BELLILESergeant · June 9, 1969
- WILLIAM DEAN BUSHARDSergeant · June 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GORDON MILTON GEORGE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 120
- JACK ALBERT HARKER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 1
- THOMAS ARTHUR HILLWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 22W, Line 1
- JOHN MARSHALL MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 22W, Line 4
- JEROME DALE MORNEAUCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 4
- HECTOR M VALENTIN-PEREZCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 9
- MICHAEL RAYMOND WICKSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 10
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.