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RICHARD CURTIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 4, 1949 – December 12, 1967
Service recordRichard Curtis, of Walnut Creek, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Walnut Creek, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 84
- ROBERT CHARLES KUGELMANNSpecialist Five · December 12, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- GERALD RAYMOND NEWBROUGHSergeant · December 12, 1967
From Walnut Creek
- ROBERT JOHN REILLY JRLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURKEPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- FRANK CHICO TORRES JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JAMES KEVIN KOEHLERLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DAVID ALAN OBERLELance Corporal · October 18, 1967
- WILLARD EDWARD NELSONLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- ERNEST FREDERICK LAWRENCEPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- BRUCE FRANCIS MCMILLANCaptain · April 11, 1968
- FRED JOE HAYESStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1968
- ROBERT STANLEY CROKELance Corporal · April 27, 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.