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RICHARD L FOXX
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
February 22, 1932 – October 15, 1962
Service recordRichard L Foxx, of Gaffney, South Carolina, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 15, 1962, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 13
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 22, 1932
- Home of record
- Gaffney, South Carolina (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 15, 1962
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 15, 1962; two of them were lost in Darlac Province. In October 1962, 11 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 13
- MICHAEL JOSEPH TUNNEYFirst Lieutenant · October 6, 1962
- MIGUEL ANGEL VALENTIN JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1962
- HERBERT W BOOTH JRCaptain · October 15, 1962
- TERRY DENVER CORDELLCaptain · October 15, 1962
From Gaffney
- JOHN WILLARD CLARYPlatoon Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- WILLIAM CLARK PETTYSergeant First Class · June 21, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT ALLISONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- SAMUEL EDWARD FOSTERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WARREN LESTER RUTLANDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- JAMES ALBERT SPENCER JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
- JOHN SHEPARD REAVES JRSergeant · July 8, 1969
- EDWARD DECAMP SOSSAMONSergeant · April 16, 1970
- JOHNNY LEWIS DOVER JRSpecialist Four · June 5, 1970
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · December 1, 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.