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RICHARD ANTHONY RECUPERO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1947 – April 24, 1966
Service recordRichard Anthony Recupero, of Key West, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 132
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Key West, Florida (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 132
- ALLEN BRACKINSStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1966
- KENNETH ROBERT HALLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1966
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · April 24, 1966
- TERRENCE DUANE SCOTTPrivate First Class · April 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LELAND ADAMSSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 130
- DONALD L DRYOELSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 131
- JOHN ALBERT FONTAINEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 131
- DAVID WILLIAM TERWILLIGERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 131
- ALLEN BRACKINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 132
- HENRY PANGELINAN PEREDASergeant · Panel 6E, Line 132
- BILLY ALBERT THOMPSONSergeant First Class · Panel 6E, Line 133
From Key West
- LELAND W ALBURY JRLance Corporal · June 29, 1966
- ECKWOOD HAROLD SOLOMON JRCaptain · July 27, 1966
- PETER STANLEY KNIGHTMajor · August 25, 1966
- FLORENTINO R ROQUESpecialist Four · October 2, 1966
- CHARLES LANCASTER PUTNAMCaptain · March 9, 1967
- JOE RAYMOND HINESFirst Lieutenant · May 22, 1968
- KERMIT BRUCE ROBERTSTechnical Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- MACK DENNARD JRSergeant · September 18, 1969
- OLIVER COLEMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1969
- HORACIO A FONSECA-VARGASPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
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.