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RICHARD BRUCE CALDWELL JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1945 – May 13, 1968
Service recordRichard Bruce Caldwell JR, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 18
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; nine of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 18
- FRANCIS PETER BRICMONT JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- STEPHAN CODRINGTONCorporal · May 13, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE DAHLSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS PETER BRICMONT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 18
- JOHN EDWARD CASHLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 19
- PAUL EDWARD FITZGIBBONSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 21
- ABRAHAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 24
- GENE CHARLES MORACKPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 27
- EARL JEFFREY NETZOWSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 28
- RICHARD FRANK PRECOURPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 29
- JOHN RECKPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 1
- DANIEL PHILLI REISTROFFERCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 1
- ARMOND JOSEPH STEIN JRCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 3
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60E, Line 6
- JOHN LEO WOJCICKYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 6
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.