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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Richard Berube.

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RICHARD BERUBE

Specialist Five · U.S. Army

February 25, 1945 – October 14, 1967

Service record

Richard Berube, of Presque Isle, Maine, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 27E · Line 106

Position of Panel 27E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Specialist Five (SP5)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Radio Operator (05B)
Born
February 25, 1945
Home of record
Presque Isle, Maine (Aroostook County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 14, 1967
Age
22
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

Context · from the records

What was happening

57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 27E, Line 106

From Presque Isle

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.