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RICHARD JOHN KAUFFMAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 20, 1948 – April 9, 1970
Service recordRichard John Kauffman, of Center Valley, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1970, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 113
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
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 34 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Center Valley, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 113
- JOHN ADAMS AVERAMajor · April 9, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER JACOBSLance Corporal · April 9, 1970
- RALPH MATTHEW JENERSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1970
- JOHN ANDREW KITRILAKISFirst Lieutenant · April 9, 1970
From Center Valley
- DENNIS EARL KOCHSpecialist Five · January 29, 1969
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.