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RICHARD ALLEN THURSBY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1946 – April 1, 1969
Service recordRichard Allen Thursby, of Bisbee, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 106
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Bisbee, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1969; nine of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 106
- ROBERT EDWARD VANDUSENPrivate First Class · April 1, 1969
- DALE ARNOLD YATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · April 1, 1969
- PAUL HAROLD ABRAHAMSergeant · April 2, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER DELBERT BANGSSpecialist Five · April 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EARL BOUYERPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 101
- WILLIAM ARTHUR DEBATESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 102
From Bisbee
- LEONARD DOUGLAS DAVISSecond Lieutenant · August 2, 1966
- LEONARD CARABEOLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
- CALVIN RUSSELL SEGARPrivate First Class · September 22, 1970
- ROBERT NATHANIEL FIESLERSergeant · April 10, 1971
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.