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RICHARD BARRY TROTTER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 24, 1946 – September 26, 1968
Service recordRichard Barry Trotter, of Grand Island, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 25
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Grand Island, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 25
- JOHN CLAYTON WALLACEWarrant Officer 1 · September 26, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM WEBB JRPetty Officer Third Class · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM ARNOLD WESTLAKECorporal · September 26, 1968
- JOSEPH GEORGE AMBROSIOSpecialist Four · September 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT VINSON BOLLMANSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 15
- FREDERICK EARL BORCZYNSKISergeant · Panel 42W, Line 15
- JOHN LEE BOYDPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 15
- WILLIAM FRANCIS LEMOINECorporal · Panel 42W, Line 16
- RONALD FRANK GREENSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 17
- DANNY CARLTON HAYESSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 18
- LEE ROY MCELHANEYSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 20
- JAMES RANDALL PRUETTSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 21
- STEVEN PAUL RANCEPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 21
- CARLTON ROSSCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 22
From Grand Island
- JOSEPH ANDRE LHUILLIERCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH EARL MUENCHCorporal · October 4, 1969
- ROBERT BENJAMIN LUTHERCorporal · May 10, 1970
- MARTIN THOMAS PRASTFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1970
- PHILIP CHARLES TAYLORSergeant · May 27, 1971
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.