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RICHARD D WHALEN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 24, 1946 – October 14, 1967
Service recordRichard D Whalen, of Saratoga Springs, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 5
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Born
- April 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Saratoga Springs, New York (Saratoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 5
- RICHARD MCGREGORPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT REDDINGTON VAUGHANLieutenant Commander · October 14, 1967
From Saratoga Springs
- DENTON WINSLOW CROCKER JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- PETER FRANCIS FONDASpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- JAMES STANLEY CLOSSONAirman First Class · January 12, 1969
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.