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RICHARD HURRELL STUBE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1946 – September 20, 1970
Service recordRichard Hurrell Stube, of Helena, Montana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 80
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Helena, Montana (Lewis And Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 80
- JOHN BOWEN JRSergeant First Class · September 21, 1970
- BENJAMIN VICTOR DOMANSergeant · September 21, 1970
- GERALD FRANCIS FILIPPISpecialist Four · September 21, 1970
- WILLIAM JESSE HODGES SRCaptain · September 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND HUGH APELLIDOSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 75
- ANTHONY JOSEPH GALLINASpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 77
- DALE ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 77
- MICHAEL THOMAS LINVILLEPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 78
- GLENN GARLAND RITCHIE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 79
- HAROLD ERWIN SIDESSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 79
From Helena
- JOHN ROBERT URBANWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1965
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- DAVID JAY ALLINSONColonel · August 12, 1966
- BRUCE BURTON BACKEBERGPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JAMES LEO DARCYWarrant Officer 1 · April 6, 1967
- EDWARD ROY FRANK SRLieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT VIRTUS TILLOTSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- GEORGE ROLAN ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL GROSESergeant · February 25, 1969
- JON RAY SUMMERSGunnery Sergeant · May 20, 1969
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.