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RICHARD JAMES DUPLESSIS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1950 – July 31, 1971
Service recordRichard James Duplessis, of Carbondale, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 31, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 119
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Carbondale, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 31, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 31, 1971; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 119
- RANDY LEE CAYLORSpecialist Four · July 31, 1971
- EVERETT EUGENE DELONG JRSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
- RANDY ALLEN FLESHMANSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
- ROBERT ANTHONY PIPERCorporal · July 31, 1971
Same unit, same day
- RANDY LEE CAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 119
- ROBERT ANTHONY PIPERCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 119
From Carbondale
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MURRAY JRSpecialist Four · November 18, 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.