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RICHARD J LOISELLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 18, 1947 – May 10, 1967
Service recordRichard J Loiselle, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 2 BN 34 ARM
- Born
- September 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 83
- JOHN THOMAS KLOCPrivate · May 10, 1967
- ELDON EUGENE KRIEGERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- BILLY JAMES LAWTONPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- JOHNNY ANDREW LEEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
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.