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RICHARD ALLEN LAVENDER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 13, 1947 – July 1, 1969
Service recordRichard Allen Lavender, of Little Rock, Arkansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 43
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Little Rock, Arkansas (Pulaski County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 43
- JACK EDWARD LUNTSFORDChief Petty Officer · July 1, 1969
- JAMES THOMAS PROUEPrivate First Class · July 1, 1969
- HENRY LEE STAFFORDPrivate First Class · July 1, 1969
- LARRY MICHAEL BRYANPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JIM COLLINSCorporal · Panel 21W, Line 41
- ELMER GLENN IRELANDPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 42
From Little Rock
- LEVERNE WILLIAM MCKINLEYStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1965
- CHAMBLESS M CHESNUTTMajor · September 30, 1965
- JAMES MASSEYSergeant · August 24, 1965
- BOBBIE ELDON NOLENSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- WILLIE PIPPINS SRSergeant · February 24, 1966
- BOBBY LEON MORDENPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- JAMES LARRY MCCRYSTALPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- WILLIE GREEN JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 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.