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RICHARD KOVALCSIK
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 24, 1948 – November 14, 1967
Service recordRichard Kovalcsik, of Linden, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 93
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Linden, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 93
- VERNON PATRICK SPRINKLEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE WARNEPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LARRY KEITH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- FRANCIS LEON BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PERRY CRYSTER IIISergeant · Panel 29E, Line 94
- JOSEF HEMERSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 94
- PAUL EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 29E, Line 95
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · Panel 29E, Line 97
- STEPHEN H THORNTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 29E, Line 98
From Linden
- JERRY DOUGLAS MALLORYPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE COTESPrivate First Class · October 17, 1969
- BARRY FRANK SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 26, 1969
- DOUGLAS FREDERICK WORTMANSergeant · April 21, 1970
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.