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RICHARD BENNETT RINEHART
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 17, 1948 – February 15, 1971
Service recordRichard Bennett Rinehart, of Natick, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 108
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Natick, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 108
- STANLEY EUGENE REDMONSpecialist Four · February 15, 1971
- WILLIAM DANIEL SAPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 15, 1971
- ROY DELL SHINGLERSergeant · February 15, 1971
- JAMES LEROY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD NORMAN BRUSOSpecialist Six · Panel 5W, Line 104
- JOSEPH SCOTT BURKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 105
- JAMES PAUL COBBSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 105
- RICHARD NEIL CONCANNONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 105
- WILLIS CALVIN CREARSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 105
- DONALD EVERETT CRONESpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 106
- STEVEN GLENN ENGLANDSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 106
- BARRY FRANK FIVELSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 5W, Line 106
- JOHN WILLIAM HOWELLSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 106
- ZEBULON MURPHY JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 106
- MARVIN MAURICE LEONARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 107
- LARRY FREEMAN OTTCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 107
- JOHN LYNN POWERSSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 107
- WILLIAM DANIEL SAPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 108
- JAMES LEROY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 108
- YOSHIO TAKEHARASergeant First Class · Panel 5W, Line 109
- JAMES HARRY TAYLORSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 109
- GABRIEL TRUJILLOSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 110
- GERALD PAUL WICKCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 110
From Natick
- THOMAS STEPHEN DONOVANPetty Officer Third Class · June 3, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL HIGGINSLance Corporal · June 21, 1967
- KEITH MICHAEL FLUMERECorporal · March 11, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN MADDEN JRPrivate First Class · April 25, 1969
- ROGER DAVID BROWNFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1969
- ELDON WILLIAM TOZERChief Petty Officer · November 20, 1969
- KEVIN FRANCIS LYNCHSpecialist Four · September 9, 1970
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.