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RICHARD DUANE RUSSELL
Seaman · U.S. Navy
January 19, 1946 – November 19, 1966
Service recordRichard Duane Russell, of Arthur, Illinois, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 19, 1966, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- January 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Arthur, Illinois (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1966; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 91
- ROBERT DEWAYNE MCCOWNPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE RUDOLPHSpecialist Four · November 19, 1966
- THOMAS ROBERT SERRANOSpecialist Five · November 19, 1966
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.