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RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1946 – January 24, 1966
Service recordRichard Arthur Sullivan, of San Mateo, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1946
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 85
- ALBERT PITTLieutenant Colonel · January 24, 1966
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DOYLE ROBERT SPRICKMajor · January 24, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY WALLSPrivate · January 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JAN COXSergeant First Class · Panel 4E, Line 84
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKILance Corporal · May 19, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 1967
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.