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RICHARD EDWARD WOLFE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1944 – January 6, 1968
Service recordRichard Edward Wolfe, of Princeton, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 62
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Princeton, Indiana (Gibson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 6, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 6, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 62
- JERRY WAYNE WICKAMCorporal · January 6, 1968
- ROY VICTOR WIEGANDSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- DANIEL LEE WISELYSpecialist Four · January 6, 1968
- PETER ALLEN ZANCAFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WAYNE SHERWOOD BATESSpecialist Five · Panel 33E, Line 55
- ROBERT LEE HILLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 55
- JOHN MICHAEL GALATAPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 57
From Princeton
- HOLLIE BOYD RUSSELLPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT LEE STALEY JRLance Corporal · January 30, 1968
- STEPHEN WAYNE HADLEYPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS LYNNPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- THOMAS EARL LITTLEPAGEPrivate First Class · January 24, 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.