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RICHARD JUDE DESSELLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 4, 1946 – May 1, 1967
Service recordRichard Jude Desselle, of Moreauville, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 4
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Moreauville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 4
- JOHN MICHEAL ANDREWSWarrant Officer 1 · May 1, 1967
- STAN LEROY CORFIELDStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1967
- EARL DILLWORTH JRLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
- HERBERT L FARRINGTON IIIPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT L FARRINGTON IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 4
- SAMUEL T SCRIVENPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 7
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 8
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.