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RICHARD ARIAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1944 – January 28, 1969
Service recordRichard Arias, of West Sacramento, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 28, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 5
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
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 8, 1944
- Home of record
- West Sacramento, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 5
- ANDRE REMI BELLEMAREPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- MICHAEL PETER BIEDRONPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- DENNIS LEWIS BOLTONSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- THOMAS GUY BURGECaptain · January 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARVIS KEITH SIMONSSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 10
From West Sacramento
- FRANKLIN RALPH WHITEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1963
- DICKIE DEAN KOELL JRLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD BUMGARNERStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- DONALD HERMAN KLINKETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.