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RICHARD HOWARD ROYER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1941 – May 25, 1966
Service recordRichard Howard Royer, of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 109
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmr (Aw) Multi Place (7307)
- Born
- April 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Wyomissing, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 109
- ROBERT GERALD HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- JOHN DAVID KRAMERSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- ARVIN DOUGLAS PENNELLSergeant · May 25, 1966
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
From Wyomissing
- RODNEY WAYNE MELTONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JAMES WESLEY KIEHNESergeant · February 13, 1972
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.