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RICHARD D SATTERTHWAITE
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 21, 1948 – March 19, 1969
Service recordRichard D Satterthwaite, of Butte, Montana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Butte, Montana (Silver Bow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 121 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 84
- GENE WILLIAM SOMERS JRCorporal · March 19, 1969
- GLENN LOUIS SPARKSPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- HERBERT CHARLES SPENCERSpecialist Five · March 19, 1969
- JOHN ARTHUR SWORDSSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LOREN CECIL JONESCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 80
- JACK LEE REXRODESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 83
From Butte
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · June 30, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN JANHUNENPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE HOERNERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- RONALD GREGORY BABICHCaptain · June 2, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CAWLEYSeaman · March 14, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- MARVIN KENT ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 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.