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RICHARD G STAMPER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1946 – November 29, 1967
Service recordRichard G Stamper JR, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 6
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 6
- HERMAN ALVIN MCBRIDESergeant First Class · November 29, 1967
- KENNETH HAROLD NORESpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
- WILLIE LEE SHEGOGSpecialist Four · November 29, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE SHEPHERDSpecialist Five · November 29, 1967
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.