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RICHARD GILL DESILLIER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 1, 1947 – May 13, 1970
Service recordRichard Gill Desillier, of Pawcatuck, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Pawcatuck, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 32
- RAYMOND JAMES DISANTICorporal · May 13, 1970
- DANNIE FITCHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1970
- ROBERT CUSPERT HARDWICKPrivate First Class · May 13, 1970
- WAYNE HOWARD HEDEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
From Pawcatuck
- WILLIAM F LABRECQUE JRLance Corporal · July 16, 1966
- HERMAN W O WRIGHT JRLance Corporal · November 18, 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.