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RICHARD BRUCE APLAND
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 30, 1945 – January 19, 1969
Service recordRichard Bruce Apland, of Herman, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Herman, Minnesota (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 35
- JERRY LEE WARBRITTONPrivate First Class · January 18, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAMS JRStaff Sergeant · January 18, 1969
- DAVID RAYMOND BALZARINIPrivate First Class · January 19, 1969
- STEPHEN WILLIAM MCKINLEYSeaman · January 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ARNOLD CARLSONPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 36
From Herman
- JAMES LEE KRULLCorporal · July 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.