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A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967.
A 5th Special Forces Group sergeant teaches Civilian Irregular Defense Group trainees, March 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, DASPO, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Richard August Hostikka.

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RICHARD AUGUST HOSTIKKA

Captain · U.S. Army

January 24, 1942 – March 2, 1970

Service record

Richard August Hostikka, of Brush Prairie, Washington, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 13W · Line 74

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Captain (CPT)
Service
Reserve / National Guard
Unit (as recorded)
SPECIAL FORCES
Born
January 24, 1942
Home of record
Brush Prairie, Washington (Clark County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 2, 1970
Age
28
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

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20 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.

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From Brush Prairie

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.