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RICHARD ALLEN HAITHCOX
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 17, 1949 – May 17, 1970
Service recordRichard Allen Haithcox, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 57
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Read the history
Also on Panel 10W, Line 57
- ROGER ALAN HICKOKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1970
- DAVID FRANCIS JOHNSONSergeant · May 17, 1970
- HENRY JAMES KETHESergeant · May 17, 1970
- DAVID WALTER SMITHSergeant · May 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEE BLOOMFIELDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 56
- HENRY JAMES KETHESergeant · Panel 10W, Line 57
- PAUL JOHN MARCINSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 58
- ALAN DAVID MARTINStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 58
- MICHAEL ALBERT WAINWRIGHTSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 59
- WAYNE GARY WUTZKEPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 59
From Statesville
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 1968
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.