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RICHARD ALVIN RENFRO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 6, 1945 – April 13, 1968
Service recordRichard Alvin Renfro, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 47
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 13, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 47
- WILLIAM GENE PARKERPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- WAYNE A RHODESPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- WARREN JAMES ROBINSONSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SHORTCorporal · April 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AUGUST THOMAS BATTAGLIASpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 39
- QUILLARD FRANK LYONSSpecialist Four · Panel 49E, Line 44
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.