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RICHARD EDWIN POWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1937 – December 19, 1966
Service recordRichard Edwin Powell, of Royersford, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 13, 1937
- Home of record
- Royersford, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 62
- JOSEPH THOMAS MCCREIGHTGunnery Sergeant · December 19, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD TOOLEYSpecialist Four · December 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER JOSEPH VIGHPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- COLEY L ANDREWSSergeant · Panel 13E, Line 60
From Royersford
- LAWRENCE EDWARD BACHSpecialist Four · June 27, 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.