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RICHARD JOE STERLING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 13, 1937 – February 26, 1967
Service recordRichard Joe Sterling, of Washington, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 26, 1967, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 101
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 13, 1937
- Home of record
- Washington, Arkansas (Hempstead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 101
- CLAIR LEONARD RAY SAINTCorporal · February 26, 1967
- RICHARD E TOMASINI JRPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- MANUEL ANTONIO TORREZSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- JACK RILEY TRIMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
From Washington
- CECIL FRANKLIN FINCHER JRHospitalman · January 24, 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.