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RICHARD FRANK PRECOUR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1945 – May 13, 1968
Service recordRichard Frank Precour, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 29
- CHARLES IRVIN MILLERSergeant · May 13, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY POHLPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- ALEXANDER E PRUNKA JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- THOMAS F PRZYBELSKIFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS PETER BRICMONT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 18
- RICHARD BRUCE CALDWELL JRSergeant · Panel 59E, Line 18
- JOHN EDWARD CASHLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 19
- PAUL EDWARD FITZGIBBONSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 59E, Line 21
- ABRAHAM JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 24
- GENE CHARLES MORACKPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 27
- EARL JEFFREY NETZOWSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 28
- JOHN RECKPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 1
- DANIEL PHILLI REISTROFFERCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 1
- ARMOND JOSEPH STEIN JRCorporal · Panel 60E, Line 3
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 60E, Line 6
- JOHN LEO WOJCICKYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 6
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
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.