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RICHARD HENRY DURANT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 13, 1949 – March 12, 1970
Service recordRichard Henry Durant, of Vernon, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Vernon, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 116
- LEONARD DWIGHT CUNNINGHAMChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 12, 1970
- JAY THOMAS DANDURANDWarrant Officer 1 · March 12, 1970
- AARON LEE DARRCorporal · March 12, 1970
- DUDLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · March 12, 1970
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.