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RICHARD DEWITT B SHEPHERD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1941 – February 6, 1967
Service recordRichard Dewitt B Shepherd, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 1
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1941
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 1
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SIGMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- VICTOR GENE SPRAYSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- PATRICK HARDY WOODColonel · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 126
- KENNETH JACK FLETCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 131
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 131
- CHRISTOPHER SCOTT SIGMANSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 1
- VICTOR GENE SPRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 1
- ROGER LEE TANNERSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 2
- RUSSEL LEE WATSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 3
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.