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RICHARD ALLEN WHIPKEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 31, 1948 – July 19, 1968
Service recordRichard Allen Whipkey, of Long Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 15
- SANTIAGO TORRES JRPrivate · July 19, 1968
- CLARENCE EDWARD WATSONSergeant · July 19, 1968
- EARL RAYMOND WELSH JRPrivate · July 19, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.