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RICHARD ALLEN WALLICK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 31, 1949 – February 26, 1969
Service recordRichard Allen Wallick, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 44 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 74
- JIMMIE RAY TICESpecialist Five · February 26, 1969
- FREDDIE USHERLance Corporal · February 26, 1969
- JOEL KEITH WATKINSLance Corporal · February 26, 1969
- RICKEY JACKSON WHITEHEADPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH FREDERICK BAUER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 64
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH DEFELICESpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 65
- TERRANCE LEE SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 72
- DANIEL ALBIN WIDOMSKIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31W, Line 75
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFFSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 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.