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RICHARD EDWARD LEGATE
Captain · U.S. Army
July 22, 1938 – March 25, 1967
Service recordRichard Edward Legate, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 45
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- July 22, 1938
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 45
- ANTHONY JOSEPH KORPISZ JRCorporal · March 25, 1967
- RAYMOND LOUIS MACKLINLance Corporal · March 25, 1967
- GLENN ALFRED MENOWSKYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- DONALD MILLSStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT CLIFTON FILES JRSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 43
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.