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RICHARD EDWARD WINGATE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 5, 1941 – September 21, 1965
Service recordRichard Edward Wingate, of Belmont, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 92
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Belmont, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1965. In September 1965, 150 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 2E, Line 92
- DONALD RAY WIESTLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MANUEL FORTUNAT FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- CARL WILLIAM MANNPrivate First Class · September 21, 1965
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN FRANK SCHWICK JRPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 91
From Belmont
- DANNY LEDFORDPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- CURTIS LEE BATTONLance Corporal · September 25, 1968
- STEPHEN JOSEPH PASTULASpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVIS STEELEStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- ADREN ANDREW LEEPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
- BUNYAN DURANT PRICE JRStaff Sergeant · May 2, 1970
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.