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RICHARD JAMES RINCK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 26, 1948 – October 12, 1969
Service recordRichard James Rinck, of Hudson, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 71
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Hudson, Michigan (Lenawee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 71
- FOREST DENVER JOHNSON JRCorporal · October 12, 1969
- JAY LYNN KECKSergeant · October 12, 1969
- WAYNE MORRIS LENDERMANPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
- RICHARD RAYMOND STOLARUNLance Corporal · October 12, 1969
From Hudson
- MARVIN KEITH RICHARDSONCorporal · July 11, 1969
- TERRY D REAMSStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1970
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.