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RICHARD BARTON FREEMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 13, 1953 – October 31, 1972
Service recordRichard Barton Freeman, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1972, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 13, 1953
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1972
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1972; 15 of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 86
- LOUIS OSCAR CALDERONSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- ROGER RIDGELY CHAMBLISSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
- DENNIS WILLIAM FINNEGANMajor · October 31, 1972
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · October 31, 1972
Same unit, same day
- JAMES DAVID BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 85
- RAYMOND LEE GOODCHILDSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 85
- LOUIS OSCAR CALDERONSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- ROGER RIDGELY CHAMBLISSSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- MILTON CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 86
- STEVEN DALE HOWARDCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 87
- JAMES MITCHELL STEVERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 87
- CHARLES LEROY STEWART JRSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 87
- TIMOTHY ARMA THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 88
- RONALD LEE VANLANDINGHAMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 1W, Line 88
- DAVID EDWARDS WISCHEMANNSpecialist Five · Panel 1W, Line 88
- DELBERT ROY WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 1W, Line 89
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- ROGER MILTON POIRIERSergeant · August 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 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.