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RICHARD EDMUND NITSCHE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 19, 1948 – December 4, 1968
Service recordRichard Edmund Nitsche JR, of Severna Park, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Severna Park, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 40
- JAMES EDWARD JONESCorporal · December 4, 1968
- WILLIE GERALD JONESSpecialist Four · December 4, 1968
- JEROME ALBERT LONGPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- WILLIAM FREDERICK MARASCOPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN BABULJAKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 37
- WALTER FRANK BYRD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 37
- THOMAS EUGENE CONKELPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 38
- JAMES EDWARD JONESCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 40
- WILLIE GERALD JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 40
- DONALD ROBERT STOLTZSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 42
- BROADUS WAYNE VERNONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 43
- WILLIAM CHARLES WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 44
From Severna Park
- CHARLES ARTHUR BEDSOLEFirst Lieutenant · June 17, 1968
- RONALD JOSEPH BRITZMajor · September 3, 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.