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RICHARD CLAYTON EWALD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 24, 1947 – October 29, 1968
Service recordRichard Clayton Ewald, of Minnetonka, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Minnetonka, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 53
- CLYDE RAY CARTER JRCorporal · October 29, 1968
- CLARENCE RAY CHAFFINSpecialist Four · October 29, 1968
- DONALD LEE HARRISONMajor · October 29, 1968
- RAYMOND JAMES HARSTERPrivate · October 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE RAY CHAFFINSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 53
From Minnetonka
- DALE GENE GRANGERSpecialist Five · October 3, 1968
- ANDREW RYAN BARRETTStaff Sergeant · August 27, 1970
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.