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RICHARD CHARLES SEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 3, 1949 – January 9, 1969
Service recordRichard Charles See, of Sunnyvale, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1969, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Sunnyvale, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 61
- KEVIN OBRIENMajor · January 9, 1969
- BENNY RAY PRESTWOODLance Corporal · January 9, 1969
- WILLIAM MILLER RIDDLESpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- MICHAEL JOHN TESSAROSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HUGH MCNEIL BYRD JRCaptain · Panel 35W, Line 58
- LYNNFORD HARLOW HIGLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 60
- THOMAS JAMES SHAFERCaptain · Panel 35W, Line 62
From Sunnyvale
- JOHN PATRICK VAUGHNPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- ANDREA CUNEO JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- KURT CHARLES EDIEPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD FREILING JRSpecialist Four · August 8, 1967
- WILLIAM RICHARD HENRYCorporal · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS LOUIS PRESCOTTSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL GEORGE BERRYLance Corporal · January 12, 1968
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · February 7, 1968
- CARROLL BRUCE FULLERPrivate First Class · February 18, 1968
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
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.