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RICHARD EDWIN NOBLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1947 – May 9, 1968
Service recordRichard Edwin Noble, of Smithfield, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Smithfield, Utah (Cache County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 30
- JOHN HENRY KIRCHNER JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- DAVID GUERRERO NUNEZ JRSergeant · May 9, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL SICKLESLance Corporal · May 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN RICHARD GIBNEYSpecialist Four · Panel 57E, Line 22
- DAVID GUERRERO NUNEZ JRSergeant · Panel 57E, Line 30
- FRED LAMAR WHILES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 58E, Line 2
From Smithfield
- PETER HERMAN KRUSILieutenant Commander · November 3, 1967
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.