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RICHARD GLENN REPOLE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – July 8, 1970
Service recordRichard Glenn Repole, of Danbury, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Danbury, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 132
- WILLIAM LEROY NETTLESpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
- LARRY LEE NIEKENCorporal · July 8, 1970
- THOMAS BREVARD OWENSFirst Sergeant · July 8, 1970
- MARK PHILLIP RAIFORDSpecialist Four · July 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LEE NIEKENCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 132
From Danbury
- GERALD WAYNE MCKINLEYLieutenant (junior grade) · March 31, 1965
- JOHN KEARNAN CLARKELance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BARNEY JOE KELLYSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GUY VISCONTIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- VERNON HOWARD BAKER IICorporal · June 18, 1967
- RICHARD OLIVER BICKFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1968
- RUSSELL JOSEPH ROTKO JRPrivate · October 30, 1968
- MICHAEL MELVIN FARMERCorporal · November 5, 1968
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS JUDD TYRELLSergeant · March 30, 1969
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.