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RICHARD JOSEPH CALL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 10, 1943 – April 4, 1968
Service recordRichard Joseph Call, of San Bernardino, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 10, 1943
- Home of record
- San Bernardino, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 59
- ERNEST LARRY BRIDGESStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1968
- LEON CHRIST BUEHLERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- MATTHEW JOSEPH BUONOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JESSE CLARENCE BURROUGHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HEINRICH GERSTHEIMERSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 3
From San Bernardino
- ELGIN LEROY STIRLINGPrivate First Class · July 12, 1965
- FRANK COSME ALCANTARLance Corporal · September 26, 1965
- ROY HOWARD BOWLINGCaptain · November 17, 1965
- FEDERICO SILVALance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- DENNIS DONALD BACKENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- RICHARD RANGELSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- LOUIS PETER HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID LEE FORCESecond Lieutenant · March 9, 1966
- GABRIEL GALLEGOSPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- AGAPITO MOLINA JRCorporal · July 27, 1966
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.