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RICHARD ARTHUR SAWRAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 10, 1948 – September 12, 1969
Service recordRichard Arthur Sawran, of Washington, New Jersey, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 76
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Washington, New Jersey (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 76
- HERBERT RANDOLPH RAGANSSergeant · September 12, 1969
- GERHARD M ROLFSPrivate First Class · September 12, 1969
- RAYMOND SERNASpecialist Four · September 12, 1969
- JOHNNIE MOSES SPEIGHT JRLance Corporal · September 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN ANTHONY DESANTISChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 74
- STEPHAN LEE HARGRAVEPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 75
- LAWRENCE DAVID JACKSONSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 75
From Washington
- EDWARD JOSEPH RUVOLISCorporal · May 12, 1968
- FRANCIS M FINNERTY JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.