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RICHARD ATWOOD
Private · U.S. Army
February 26, 1950 – April 11, 1968
Service recordRichard Atwood, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 19
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 19
- GARY WAYNE ARNOLDCaptain · April 11, 1968
- KEITH NOEL ATCHLEYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT WINSLOW BELCHERCorporal · April 11, 1968
- LEONARD GEORGE CHESLEY JRHospitalman · April 11, 1968
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.