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RICHARD JOHN BALTHAZOR
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 22, 1947 – August 22, 1967
Service recordRichard John Balthazor, of Eland, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 27
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Eland, Wisconsin (Shawano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 27
- LARRY ROBERT WIEGERTCorporal · August 21, 1967
- DAVID KIM AASENLance Corporal · August 22, 1967
- EDDIE JAMES ALLENSergeant First Class · August 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE JAMES ALLENSergeant First Class · Panel 25E, Line 27
- LEONARD RICHARD JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 29
- MAURICE J NILEPrivate · Panel 25E, Line 31
- JAMES EDWARD SCHLOTTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 32
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.