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RICHARD ARNOLD RUSS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 23, 1946 – December 4, 1967
Service recordRichard Arnold Russ, of Wilmington, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 38
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Wilmington, North Carolina (New Hanover County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 31E, Line 38
- ELGAN LEROY MOOREStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- WILLIAM ISAAC POLLARDMaster Sergeant · December 4, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS REAVESCorporal · December 4, 1967
- DONALD STEPHEN RIGGSCorporal · December 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RICHARD COTECorporal · Panel 31E, Line 33
- JOHN JUAREZSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 35
- DONALD WAYNE MILLERSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 36
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MOSELEYPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 37
- CHARLES GLENN SCHNEGGCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 37
- WILLIAM ISAAC POLLARDMaster Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 38
- ALVESTER LEE WINSTONSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 39
- BYRANT HENRY YOUNG JRCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 40
From Wilmington
- MCARTHUR JOHNSONSergeant · July 7, 1965
- DONALD RAY PATRICKSpecialist Four · November 14, 1965
- JOSEPH JAMESPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- WILBUR RONALD BROWNMajor · February 3, 1966
- AARON BURR JONES JRPrivate · January 13, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- GEORGE D MOTTESergeant First Class · August 20, 1967
- FREDERICK MOLEE LOWE JRPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM OTHELLO MCKOYPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- EUGENE ASHLEY JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 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.