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RICHARD EDWARD GIDEON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 22, 1948 – February 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Edward Gideon, of Valley Stream, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- January 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Valley Stream, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 72
- JAN ROYCE GILLHAMPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- KENNETH EDWARD GOLDENSecond Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- JOEL HUMBERTO GONZALEZ-VELEZPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD GOSSELINPetty Officer Third Class · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 64
- ALBERT LEON BETTSSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 65
- LEANDRO GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 71
- LEON FAIRDEN HUBERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 74
- STEVEN LEON RANEYSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 83
- JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 84
From Valley Stream
- TIMOTHY CHARLES REITHMANNSpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- ALBERT FRANCIS LUPOLI JRSergeant · July 1, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN ABRUZZESA JRPrivate First Class · September 7, 1968
- MICHAEL CHARLES SAPORITOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1968
- ANGELO ANDREW PETRAGLIASpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL WALSHFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1969
- RICHARD WILLIAM NELSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1969
- HERBERT HUGH DILGERLieutenant · October 2, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MONTAGUEStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANCIS REICHERTCaptain · January 27, 1971
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.