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RICHARD DEAN MCFARLANE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 11, 1945 – September 20, 1970
Service recordRichard Dean McFarlane, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 79
- MICHAEL LEE MCVEYLance Corporal · September 20, 1970
- JOE PENA JRSergeant First Class · September 20, 1970
- GLENN GARLAND RITCHIE JRPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- HAROLD ERWIN SIDESSergeant · September 20, 1970
From Santa Fe
- FRANCIS XAVIER NAVACorporal · September 8, 1966
- JOHN FRANK RAY GRIEGOCorporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · March 27, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 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.