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RICHARD ELSWORTH VINCENT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1941 – March 9, 1968
Service recordRichard Elsworth Vincent, of Danville, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 18, 1941
- Home of record
- Danville, West Virginia (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 3
- LAWRENCE WALKER SCANLANPrivate First Class · March 9, 1968
- EDWARD MARVIN STERNINSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- WILLIAM VAZQUEZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- JERRY OTIS WOODSSergeant · March 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD REECE IRBYPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 67
- SANTIAGO TORRES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 2
From Danville
- JACKIE LEE DICKENSCaptain · June 2, 1969
- RANDALL BRUCE MILLERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
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.