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RICHARD K CRISWELL III
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 30, 1948 – August 10, 1968
Service recordRichard K Criswell III, of Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Hummelstown, Pennsylvania (Dauphin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 39
- KAROL CLAYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- JOSEPH OLIVER CLINE IIIPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- LUIS CRUZLance Corporal · August 10, 1968
- JOHN FRANCIS DIGGSCorporal · August 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL LEE AULTCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 38
- ANTONIO VARGAS GARCIASergeant · Panel 49W, Line 40
- ALBERT RANDELL HAYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 41
- ROGER HULSEYCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 41
- SAMUEL REESE JAMES IICorporal · Panel 49W, Line 42
- RAYMOND GEORGE KRISKOVICHSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 42
- JOHN JOSEPH MATARAZZI JRCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 42
- PAUL GREGORY OLENZUKPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 43
- STEVEN MICHAEL SCHLOSSERCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 44
- MICHAEL BRYANT SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 44
- KURT PATRICK STEPHENSONCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 45
- EDWARD STEWARTSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 45
- GEORGE ERNEST VALKER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 45
From Hummelstown
- JERRY WARREN NYEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1966
- RICHARD LEE DIEMLERSergeant · March 4, 1969
- DAMIEN JOHN JAMES MESSINOHospitalman · December 27, 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.