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RICHARD EARL CREASON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 24, 1946 – November 4, 1967
Service recordRichard Earl Creason, of Markleville, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Markleville, Indiana (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 19
- ALEXANDER COOPERStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- KEVIN GREGORY FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · November 4, 1967
- LEROY ANTHONY HAYESSergeant First Class · November 4, 1967
- DAVID MACK HERENDONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BARNES WARLAND ROSE JRMajor · Panel 29E, Line 21
From Markleville
- JON LESLIE PADGETTSergeant · April 30, 1970
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.