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RICHARD DUNCAN BAHR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 28, 1944 – March 7, 1968
Service recordRichard Duncan Bahr, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1968, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Kien Tuong Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 41
- ENRIQUE MUNOZ BERNALCorporal · March 7, 1968
- STEPHEN FLOYD BOOTHSpecialist Four · March 7, 1968
- WILLIAM NED BRITTONCorporal · March 7, 1968
- GERALD KEITH BROWNSergeant · March 7, 1968
- STEPHEN G CARLOSSpecialist Five · March 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDERICK LARRY ALLUMSCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 40
- HAROLD GEORGE BEANE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 40
- GERALD KEITH BROWNSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 41
- EDWARD RICHARD CORDEAUSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 42
- RALPH DOUGLAS DIFATESergeant · Panel 43E, Line 43
- KRAIG SEWELL HOGANSpecialist Four · Panel 43E, Line 44
- THEODORE THOMAS LEOPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 46
- BEN MCCOULLOUGH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 47
- JAMES GARY RANDALLPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 48
- DONALD WAYNE TISDALECorporal · Panel 43E, Line 49
- HARRY KENNETH VAUGHANCorporal · Panel 43E, Line 49
- LEWIS BRACY WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 50
- EUGENE YOUNGPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 50
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
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.