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RICHARD JON LOCKWOOD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 12, 1947 – April 6, 1971
Service recordRichard Jon Lockwood, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 110
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Linn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 110
- MARTIN DOUGLAS GOENSpecialist Four · April 6, 1971
- JOSEPH WALLACE JOHNSONSergeant · April 6, 1971
- DONNIE CARL TAYLORSergeant · April 6, 1971
- LEONARD JAMES TRUMBLAYStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CLAUDE ROBERT GIBBONSSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 109
- LEONARD JAMES TRUMBLAYStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 110
From Cedar Rapids
- ROBERT MILVOY HORSKYMajor · December 11, 1965
- DENNIS LEE EILERSCaptain · December 24, 1965
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- MARK LEO ENGLISHSpecialist Four · December 18, 1966
- JOHN WALTER WALLCorporal · April 21, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GRADOVILLELance Corporal · June 16, 1967
- WAYNE FRANK WHITEMANLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- HOWARD EMERSON HANSON JRSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- CURTIS DEAN SNITKERCorporal · February 1, 1968
- DANIEL JAMES KAPLANLance Corporal · February 7, 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.