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RICHARD FREDERICK HENRICH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1946 – May 23, 1967
Service recordRichard Frederick Henrich, of Yonkers, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 23, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 90
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Yonkers, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 90
- THOMAS L COLDRENFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1967
- CHARLIE MACK GILMERPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WENDAL HOMUTHLieutenant · May 23, 1967
- BOBBY RAY JERMYNCaptain · May 23, 1967
From Yonkers
- JOHN RICHARD TURNERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- FRANCIS MICHAEL BOYLESecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- MARTIN DANIEL REILLYCaptain · May 17, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS GEARY JRPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- ARTHUR CARL ALTERWISHERPrivate First Class · September 21, 1966
- WILLIAM BANFIELD DORSEYCorporal · November 20, 1966
- JOSEPH A ARIMENTOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- THOMAS OSBORN CLARKPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BURKE JREnsign · August 1, 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.