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RICHARD LAWRENCE GIAMBRONE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 9, 1946 – April 1, 1968
Service recordRichard Lawrence Giambrone, of Norristown, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Norristown, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 32
- FRANK EDWARD HAND IIILieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- GARY BLUITT HARRISSergeant · April 1, 1968
- FRANK EBERLY HEADLEY IVSergeant · April 1, 1968
- CECIL LEE JONESPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CHARLES CARDINALSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 30
- ROGER WILLIAM RAIHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 35
- DARWIN BRUCE RIDENHOURStaff Sergeant · Panel 47E, Line 36
- ANTHONY SIMOESSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 36
- HARRY SHERMAN STAYERSpecialist Four · Panel 47E, Line 37
- RONALD EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 37
From Norristown
- ROBERT FRANCIS RONCAMajor · February 19, 1965
- WILLIAM RICHARD REESE JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- NICHOLAS JOSEPH FULMERSpecialist Four · November 12, 1966
- MICHAEL ALEXANDER BARONOWSKILance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- NILS ARDEN DRENNENPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- JOHN ELLWOOD SCHEETZPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- DANIEL WILLIAM BRADYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WILLIE LEE JONES JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- DAVID BRAUCH LEFEVERCorporal · September 6, 1967
- JIMMIE LUE MCMORRISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
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.