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RICHARD E SLAVEN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1937 – March 29, 1969
Service recordRichard E Slaven, of Elmira, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 720 MP BN USARV
- Born
- December 26, 1937
- Home of record
- Elmira, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 86
- DONALD FRANK ERVINLance Corporal · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD W ROSSIGNOLPetty Officer Third Class · March 29, 1969
- MACK DONALD SHARPESpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- GLENN TEUGIO SHIBATACorporal · March 29, 1969
From Elmira
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- JOHN R COWANSpecialist Four · March 11, 1966
- JOHN ANTHONY VERGALLITOStaff Sergeant · March 20, 1966
- ALEN LOUIS GARDNERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- MYRON STANLEY BEACH JRSergeant First Class · July 10, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BREWERLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- EUGENE VINCENT SONNERSergeant · February 10, 1968
- FRANK WILLIAM COX JRFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · January 25, 1969
- RICHARD DUANE WALKERLieutenant Colonel · June 14, 1969
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.