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RICHARD GROVER CLEVELAND
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1944 – November 17, 1968
Service recordRichard Grover Cleveland, of Venice, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Venice, Florida (Sarasota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 78
- JOHN WILLIAM CIALLELLALance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- RHONNIE LEE CLARKSergeant · November 17, 1968
- CHESTER COSGROVELance Corporal · November 17, 1968
- GARY DEAN COXPrivate First Class · November 17, 1968
From Venice
- DENIS NICHOLASCaptain · January 15, 1967
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.