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RICHARD LAWRENCE DELANEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 13, 1949 – June 7, 1969
Service recordRichard Lawrence Delaney, of Essex, Vermont, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 7, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 99
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bridge Crewmember (12C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 509 ENG CO 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Essex, Vermont (Chittenden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1969; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 99
- ROBERT RAY CATHERMANPrivate First Class · June 7, 1969
- ANTHONY DUTYSpecialist Four · June 7, 1969
- LARRY JAMES EGLINSDOERFERLance Corporal · June 7, 1969
- HENRY C ETTEL JRLance Corporal · June 7, 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.