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RICHARD JOHN WARDEN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 13, 1949 – July 4, 1970
Service recordRichard John Warden, of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 121
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Sheboygan, Wisconsin (Sheboygan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in An Xugen Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 121
- ROBERT JOHN WINGENFELDChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 4, 1970
- E G AKERS JRLance Corporal · July 5, 1970
- DANNY LEE ARCHERSpecialist Four · July 5, 1970
- WILLIAM FRANK BROWNINGPrivate First Class · July 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARK THOMAS JERNIGANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 118
- FRANK EDWIN STEARNSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 9W, Line 120
- ROBERT JOHN WINGENFELDChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 9W, Line 121
From Sheboygan
- DAVID JOHN WICK WIDDERCaptain · March 24, 1965
- LESTER OSCAR BIEHL JRConstructionman · September 2, 1965
- TERRENCE JAY FREUNDPetty Officer Second Class · October 26, 1966
- DUANE ARLEN VOGELCorporal · December 23, 1966
- ARLEIGH FRANCIS FELCHSergeant · August 5, 1967
- EUGENE JOHN PLIERSergeant First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · November 24, 1967
- DONALD LOUIS GALLAGHERChief Petty Officer · February 6, 1968
- JEROME E GRUNEWALDPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH RICHTERCorporal · March 26, 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.