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RICHARD DANIEL WINNINGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 5, 1948 – January 7, 1969
Service recordRichard Daniel Winningham, of Battle Creek, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 49
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Battle Creek, Michigan (Calhoun County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 49
- ROBERT DENNIS MARTINPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- JAMES KEITH MERRELLSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- RONALD LEWIS MORRISSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- SHIRL BRAD NANCEStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 50
- CHARLES JOHN ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 35W, Line 51
From Battle Creek
- DANNY TRENT HIGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- BENJAMIN PAUL NORTONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1966
- ROGER DUWAINE WHITEPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- MARK ROBERT LANDERPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- JAMES ROY GILLESPIEPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
- KENNETH BERNARD DEANPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- WILLIAM CAREL BARNES JRPrivate First Class · February 4, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- PAUL LOWELL FREDERICKSONCorporal · May 9, 1968
- LARRY LEE LISKOWSergeant · September 11, 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.