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RICHARD K WHITFIELD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 6, 1940 – May 4, 1967
Service recordRichard K Whitfield, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 41
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Sergeant Guidance Repairman (21E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 6, 1940
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 41
- FRANKLIN DELANO STALLINGSFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1967
- GEORGE RILEY STAMPPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- HENRY LON TURNCorporal · May 4, 1967
- RICHARD BERNARD VAGNONEPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ALLEN BRYNELSENPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 35
- JOHN STANBOROUGH CARTWRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 35
- RALPH WOODWARD CRYTZER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 36
- PAUL JONES DENNISSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 36
- JAMES NEWTON LAWStaff Sergeant · Panel 19E, Line 38
- JACK RONALD LENNERSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 38
- WILLIAM E MCGINNIS IIPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 38
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.