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RICHARD L HATLESTAD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
December 22, 1939 – April 12, 1963
Service recordRichard L Hatlestad, of Sepulveda, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 12, 1963, in Thailand, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 777 TROOP CARRIER SQ
- Born
- December 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Sepulveda, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1963
- Age
- 23
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1963. In April 1963, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “777 TROOP CARRIER SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 21
- JERRY ALAN CAMPAIGNECaptain · April 8, 1963
- RAYMOND E DOYLE JRFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1963
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
Same unit, same day
- DONALD SCOTT CARSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 38
From Sepulveda
- JOHN ANDREW EWARTLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- ROBERT THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- JAMES ALFRED MCMURDOLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH COSTANTINI JRPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PERKINS JRCorporal · October 12, 1967
- JOHN ANTHONY BAFILESpecialist Five · February 20, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HOLZMANPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL GALE HUTSONLance Corporal · August 28, 1968
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL HARRINGTONSpecialist Four · February 5, 1969
- BENJAMIN BUGARINCaptain · April 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.