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RICHARD JOHN KEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 13, 1949 – July 3, 1969
Service recordRichard John Key, of Houma, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 53
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)
- C CO 39 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP
- Born
- November 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Houma, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 53
- DONNIE LUSTER KINGPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- ROBERT EARL KINGPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- RONALD EUGENE KNIGHTPrivate First Class · July 3, 1969
- FRANK LOUIS KOBORSergeant · July 3, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE POFFSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
From Houma
- RAYMOND PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- ROY ANTHONY DUTHUPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- CALVIN RAYMOND HEBERT JRCorporal · February 22, 1966
- MILLER JOHN BOURGLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- KENNETH CHARLES BOUDREAUXPrivate First Class · July 7, 1966
- WILTON PAUL LEBOUEFSpecialist Four · August 21, 1966
- SAMUEL ENNIS MURPHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- ELDRIDGE MICHAEL BRUNETSpecialist Four · September 27, 1967
- RUDOLPH JOHN BILLIOTPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE SCOTTPrivate First Class · January 26, 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.