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RICHARD K HARPER
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
October 2, 1941 – May 19, 1965
Service recordRichard K Harper, of Burlington, Massachusetts, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on May 19, 1965, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 121
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 52 FIXED WG PLT
- Born
- October 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Burlington, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 19, 1965
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1965; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1965, 89 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 121
- DAVID LOUIS HRDLICKALieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1965
- LEROY MELVIN DONOVANSergeant First Class · May 19, 1965
- RUSSELL WILLIAM CONDONCaptain · May 22, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
From Burlington
- HARRY WILLIAM WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- WILLIAM H CAMPBELL IIISpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- GILFORD FRANK DASHNERCorporal · September 18, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD MCGINNESSCorporal · October 19, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LUDWIGPrivate First Class · December 16, 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.