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RICHARD GEORGE TOLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 25, 1946 – April 17, 1971
Service recordRichard George Toler, of Bay City, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 132
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Bay City, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 132
- ROGER NELVIN CARPENTERPetty Officer Third Class · April 18, 1971
- JOSEPH LEE COXSergeant First Class · April 18, 1971
- RAYMOND EDWARD HAUSERPrivate First Class · April 18, 1971
- RONALD JAY PETERSSpecialist Four · April 18, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN FREDERICK FISHERCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 131
From Bay City
- JERALD DUANE FRITZPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JOHN DONALD ROCHESergeant First Class · December 15, 1967
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN BENSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES KLINELance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · May 3, 1968
- TERRANCE W ALLENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · August 23, 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.