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RICHARD LARRY VINES
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 6, 1948 – June 5, 1968
Service recordRichard Larry Vines, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 5, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 22
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 22
- MICHAEL WAYNE SIMONLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- DAVID ALAN STOKESCorporal · June 5, 1968
- DENNIS LEE SUTTONStaff Sergeant · June 5, 1968
- RICARDO ROBERT TEJANOWarrant Officer 1 · June 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS OWEN AKERSSpecialist Four · Panel 60W, Line 14
- RICARDO ROBERT TEJANOWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 60W, Line 22
- NORMAN MICHAEL TURONEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 60W, Line 23
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 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.