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RICHARD EDWARD BIESIADA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – May 21, 1968
Service recordRichard Edward Biesiada, of Sayreville, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Sayreville, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 11
- ERNEST AUSTIN BAKER JRCorporal · May 21, 1968
- JIMBOB BICKLEStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- JAMES ARTHUR BILLINGS JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BROWNSecond Lieutenant · May 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DAVIDCorporal · Panel 64E, Line 13
- ALTON LAMER SINGLETARYSergeant First Class · Panel 65E, Line 1
From Sayreville
- FRANCIS DUANE BATTISTALance Corporal · November 11, 1967
- THOMAS ANDREW MARCHUTPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- WALTER DANIEL FAITHPrivate First Class · February 24, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK BYRNEPrivate First Class · April 30, 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.