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RICHARD HENRY TISSIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1946 – March 2, 1967
Service recordRichard Henry Tissier, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 4, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 5
- LLOYD ISAAC STEPHENSCorporal · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHLCorporal · March 2, 1967
- JOSEPH VIERRAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR WEBBPrivate · March 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ALLEN PATTERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 4
- GEORGE MICHAEL SLOANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 4
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.