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RICHARD AUGUSTINE DEXTER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 18, 1944 – July 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Augustine Dexter, of Rutland, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 2, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 36
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Rutland, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 36
- ALVIN KENNETH BENCHERSergeant · July 2, 1968
- DICK DEGRAFSergeant · July 2, 1968
- FREDERICK LEE DYERSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN HAUPERTStaff Sergeant · July 2, 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.