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RICHARD EDWARD FORD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1948 – January 18, 1970
Service recordRichard Edward Ford, of Surf City, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 42
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Surf City, New Jersey (Ocean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 42
- FRANK BLASPrivate First Class · January 18, 1970
- STEVEN FRANK EDWARDSSergeant · January 18, 1970
- DAVID ALLEN FOWLERPrivate First Class · January 18, 1970
- KENT DOUGLAS MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · January 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LAWRENCE MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 43
- KENNETH LARRY STOKESSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 44
- MARK EDWARD TONTISpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 44
- EDWARD JOSEPH WITEKSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 45
From Surf City
- ERIC JOHN SCHODERERPetty Officer Third Class · November 10, 1966
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.