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RICHARD DENNIS ATOR
Major · U.S. Army
March 10, 1937 – March 5, 1970
Service recordRichard Dennis Ator, of Moses Lake, Washington, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 5, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 10, 1937
- Home of record
- Moses Lake, Washington (Grant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 84
- HECTOR LUIS CARABALLOSpecialist Four · March 5, 1970
- RONALD DUANE CAREYSergeant · March 5, 1970
- JOHN JAMES CRAVEYFirst Lieutenant · March 5, 1970
- MIGUEL RAMOS GARCIACorporal · March 5, 1970
From Moses Lake
- GERALD WAYNE MCCONNEL JRSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- JASON AIREAL HOLESCorporal · June 6, 1968
- KAZUTO MORIWAKISergeant · November 7, 1968
- VICTOR M HODSONFirst Lieutenant · April 14, 1969
- STANLEY ALAN CARTERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · April 19, 1969
- DARYL GENE MEIDINGERPrivate First Class · April 30, 1969
- DOUGLAS FRANK STRAITSpecialist Six · October 18, 1970
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.