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RICHARD HENRY VOKES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1947 – July 25, 1970
Service recordRichard Henry Vokes, of Upland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 25, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- O-1/U-6 Airplane Repairman (67B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Upland, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 52
- SALVADOR LEAL JRSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT SIMONSergeant · July 25, 1970
- JACK EDWIN TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 25, 1970
- PETER MICHAEL VANDERWEGSergeant · July 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JACK EDWIN TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 52
From Upland
- APIMENIO LARASergeant · May 30, 1968
- DAVID ANDREW DENTONSpecialist Four · June 23, 1968
- JOHN PIO ROGONECorporal · June 29, 1968
- FREDERICK LEE DYERSecond Lieutenant · July 2, 1968
- WAYNE JOSEPH BENESPrivate First Class · October 18, 1968
- ARTHUR JACK CARLPrivate First Class · October 22, 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.