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RICHARD BURDICK FIELLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 27, 1936 – January 29, 1966
Service recordRichard Burdick Fieller, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 29, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 108
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1936
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 108
- ROY ANTHONY DUTHUPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- CARL JAMES FOXPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT GLUECKSTEINHospitalman · January 29, 1966
- WILLIAM HARRIS GUYERStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL J KOCHENDORFERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 111
- HOWARD ALLEN SEILHEIMERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 114
- MELVIN JAMES STOCKDALESpecialist Five · Panel 4E, Line 115
- ROBERT EUGENE STPETERMajor · Panel 4E, Line 115
- ALLAN JAMES WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 117
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.