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RICHARD FRANKLYN LEASE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 9, 1942 – May 22, 1966
Service recordRichard Franklyn Lease, of Kenton, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Kenton, Ohio (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 103
- RALEIGH LEE GODLEYPetty Officer Second Class · May 22, 1966
- GERALD ERNEST METCALFPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- GARY ELDON PERKINSPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- ALLEN JEROME RITTERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JOSEPH CANALESPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 100
- ROBERT H CRUM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 7E, Line 100
- MICHAEL GEORGE CRYARPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 101
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEVOEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 101
- GERALD DONALD HOOVERSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 102
- DAVID MARVIN JOLLEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 102
- GERALD ERNEST METCALFPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 103
- ALLEN JEROME RITTERPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 103
- ANGEL RODRIGUEZ-ESTREMERAPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 104
- MICHAEL VINASSASpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 104
From Kenton
- DONALD EUGENE KRAMERSergeant · October 28, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE STRAHMPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- RICHARD LOUIS BASINGERCaptain · May 12, 1967
- ALBERT LEROY HORNERCorporal · December 27, 1967
- RONALD JAMES SCHARFPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD HEALYSergeant · June 8, 1970
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.