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RICHARD E BOURNE
Captain · U.S. Army
April 11, 1932 – December 23, 1967
Service recordRichard E Bourne, of Wilson, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1967, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 49
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 11, 1932
- Home of record
- Wilson, New York (Niagara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Sa Dec Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 49
- GARY LEE WEAVERLance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- KENYON GARY WELLMANSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- DENNIS PAUL WOODSpecialist Four · December 22, 1967
- FRANK GEORGE ANTONESeaman · December 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HUGH GREY WILLARDSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 50
- HOUSTON GRANT JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 32E, Line 51
- ROBERT RAYMOND JACKEMEYERMajor · Panel 32E, Line 51
- BOBBY JOE LAWRENCESergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 54
From Wilson
- MICHAEL ERWIN WITKOPFirst Lieutenant · October 25, 1968
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.