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RICHARD GEORGE BAMBRICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 15, 1949 – April 8, 1968
Service recordRichard George Bambrick, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 50
- WILLIAM LEON YOHNLance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- GILBERT LEROY ZERBSTPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- GLENN URBAN ANDREOTTASpecialist Four · April 8, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE BARRICKPrivate First Class · April 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GLENN URBAN ANDREOTTASpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 50
- HAROLD EUGENE BARRICKPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 50
- CHARLES MATHEW DUTTONSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 52
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.