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RICHARD ALLEN CASPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1947 – May 28, 1967
Service recordRichard Allen Casper, of Grand Meadow, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Chemical Equipment Repairer (54D)
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Meadow, Minnesota (Mower County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 7
- MICHAEL SOROVETZCorporal · May 28, 1967
- FREDERIC CLARENCE STYERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- GORDON MARSHAL TRIPLETTLance Corporal · May 28, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
From Grand Meadow
- DONALD ANTON GEHLINGLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
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.