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RICHARD CHARLES ENGROFF
Private · U.S. Army
August 18, 1946 – October 9, 1967
Service recordRichard Charles Engroff, of Columbia, Pennsylvania, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 80
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Columbia, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 80
- FLOYD EUGENE COLLINS JRSpecialist Five · October 9, 1967
- WILLIS WAYNE EMERTONPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- JAMES GORDON FARMERMaster Sergeant · October 9, 1967
- RICHARD RAY IRWIN JRPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS URBAN WAYPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 79
- FLOYD EUGENE COLLINS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 80
- ODES HERMAN MOUTARDIERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 82
From Columbia
- FRANK FREDERICK DOUGLASPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- THOMAS EARL BAILEYCorporal · July 2, 1967
- JOHN R EVANSSergeant · July 28, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRY SHULTZLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- RAYMOND BRUCE THOMASCorporal · September 5, 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.