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RICHARD CHARLES DEVINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 26, 1948 – November 28, 1968
Service recordRichard Charles Devins, of Allen Park, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 82
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Allen Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 82
- CHARLES EDWARD BESTMANNSergeant · November 28, 1968
- THOMAS LAIRD BRATTAINMajor · November 28, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH DRAKEPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- KENNETH JOHNSONSergeant First Class · November 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY JOHN LACOSSEPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 81
- DONALD JOSEPH DRAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 82
- WALTER STUCKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 2
- ANDREW JAMES TOPORCER JRCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 2
From Allen Park
- THOMAS RICHARD BRANDHospitalman Apprentice · August 18, 1965
- TOMMY LEE WHITEPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- CLARENCE EDWARD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- DONALD FRED SCHAFERSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES VANCELance Corporal · April 4, 1968
- KEVIN EUGENE MOLINECorporal · October 30, 1968
- MARK ALLAN TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN PENKELance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- JOSEPH GEORGE BOWMAN JRSergeant · March 21, 1969
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · September 11, 1969
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.