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RICHARD JOSEPH PRIVITAR
Captain · U.S. Army
April 23, 1946 – October 20, 1971
Service recordRichard Joseph Privitar, of New York, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1971, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 45
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Signal Unit Commander (1010)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 23, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 45
- EDWARD JOSEPH DOGGETTSpecialist Four · October 20, 1971
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SHELTONPrivate First Class · October 20, 1971
- HERMAN CURTIS CAHOONSergeant First Class · October 21, 1971
- PAUL RAYMOND FOLTZLieutenant · October 21, 1971
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.