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RICHARD ALLEN LIKELY
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 13, 1951 – April 27, 1971
Service recordRichard Allen Likely, of Auburndale, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 27, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 14
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Auburndale, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 14
- DAVID BEAVERS WOODFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1971
- TONY RAY BINGHAMSpecialist Four · April 27, 1971
- FREDERICK KRUPAMajor · April 27, 1971
- WILLIAM EDWARD LOCKEStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- TONY RAY BINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 14
- HOWARD DAVID PAYNE IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 3W, Line 15
- LARRY LEE ROGERSSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 15
- JAMES EDWARD WESTONPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 15
From Auburndale
- WILLIAM W RICHARDPrivate First Class · December 21, 1965
- DANIEL WILDER KENTCaptain · January 24, 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.