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RICHARD DALE BRODA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 8, 1941 – November 20, 1965
Service recordRichard Dale Broda, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 102
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 102
- FRANK DONALD TRYPUSSergeant · November 19, 1965
- DAVID LEE VARVELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 19, 1965
- ROBERT OLIVER BALMERPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- CONNIE LEROY CHANDLERSergeant · November 20, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH P MARAPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 103
- DONALD HAROLD PERRICHONSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 104
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- JOSEPH SAMUEL PORTER JRSergeant · August 7, 1967
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.