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RICHARD BURGANS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1944 – October 5, 1965
Service recordRichard Burgans, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 106
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 106
- JOHN DAVID MUSGROVECaptain · October 4, 1965
- WILLIAM WARD NICHOLS JRCaptain · October 4, 1965
- DAVID WILMER BLODGETTPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- KENNETH MONROE HYETTSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH MONROE HYETTSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 106
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 107
- ADHERENE LOUIS HAINESSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 107
- RUSSELL M HEATHPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 107
- JESSE RAY HUGHES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 108
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 108
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 109
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
- SIM HENRY RIGGINS JRPrivate First Class · July 19, 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.