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RICHARD CHARLES GUPTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1945 – May 6, 1967
Service recordRichard Charles Gupton, of Compton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “119 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 49
- VERLIN RICHARD BRANDENBURGPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- THOMAS GARRET FANNINGSergeant · May 6, 1967
- RONALD LEE HILDERBRANDSergeant First Class · May 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19E, Line 48
- TIMOTHY WILLIAM KEARNEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 19E, Line 50
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- TYRONE WRIGHTSpecialist Five · November 9, 1967
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.