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RICHARD ELZIE VEACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1944 – May 28, 1967
Service recordRichard Elzie Veach, of Riverside, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 7
- RICHARD ALLEN CASPERPrivate First Class · May 28, 1967
- MICHAEL SOROVETZCorporal · May 28, 1967
- FREDERIC CLARENCE STYERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- GORDON MARSHAL TRIPLETTLance Corporal · May 28, 1967
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 1967
- PHILLIP WILLARD ROELance Corporal · July 2, 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.