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RICHARD ALLEN DOSECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 7, 1950 – March 10, 1969
Service recordRichard Allen Doseck, of St Marys, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 100
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 7, 1950
- Home of record
- St Marys, Ohio (Auglaize County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 30W, Line 100
- ARTHUR WILLIAM COFERCaptain · March 10, 1969
- LEON COITSergeant · March 10, 1969
- WILLIAM ROY CRUICKSHANKPetty Officer Second Class · March 10, 1969
- LAWRENCE DESMORESergeant · March 10, 1969
From St Marys
- WILLIAM HARRIS GUYERStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- RONNIE BLAIRSergeant · October 10, 1968
- CHARLES ARTHUR LAUERStaff Sergeant · December 6, 1968
- FREDERICK P ZIEGENFELDERStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
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.