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RICHARD EDGAR GENEST
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1945 – August 26, 1969
Service recordRichard Edgar Genest, of Manchester, New Hampshire, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 3 BN 197 ARTY II FF
- Born
- August 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Manchester, New Hampshire (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 3 BN 197 ARTY II FF”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 118
- JOHN WILLIE COCKERHAM JRSpecialist Four · August 26, 1969
- MERLIN JOSEPH CRAIGSergeant · August 26, 1969
- WILHIMON GARDNERPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM ANTHONY GORVETCorporal · August 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GAETAN JEAN GUY BEAUDOINSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 116
- GUY ANDRE BLANCHETTESergeant · Panel 19W, Line 117
- RICHARD PAUL RAYMONDSergeant First Class · Panel 19W, Line 121
- ROGER EDWARD ROBICHAUDSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 122
From Manchester
- ROBERT PAUL DIONNEHospitalman · July 14, 1965
- WILFRED ROLAND ROBILLARDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JOSEPH GEORGE VILLIARDCorporal · March 24, 1966
- PHILLIP JOSEPH STICKNEYSenior Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- PAUL ERNEST NADEAUPrivate First Class · September 4, 1966
- LEON NORMAND DOUCETCorporal · February 5, 1967
- NORMAN GERARD LOZEAUPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- NORMAND RICHARD MARTELPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- ARTHUR C MOURTGIS JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ARMAND ROG GELINASChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 11, 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.