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RICHARD EUGENE COLBURN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 24, 1950 – April 24, 1971
Service recordRichard Eugene Colburn, of Hamlin, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 24, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 7
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
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Hamlin, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1971; three of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 7
- THOMAS DUDLEY CHENAULTCaptain · April 24, 1971
- MARTIN VINCENT FANNINGCaptain · April 24, 1971
- LOWELL VERNON FERGUSON JRSergeant · April 24, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN VINCENT FANNINGCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 7
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.