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RICHARD LAWRENCE WOLFE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 11, 1947 – May 1, 1967
Service recordRichard Lawrence Wolfe, of Hazel Park, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Hazel Park, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 87 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 9
- ALFONZA WATSONSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- TERRY JAMES ALLENPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- MICHAEL PAUL BARTELMELance Corporal · May 2, 1967
- DANIEL ELLIS BIDDLESpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
From Hazel Park
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON LALONESpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- STEVE SAMUEL GALLIS JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1967
- GARY MARTIN KILLIANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- BARRY ALAN HUNTERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- DENNIS MICHAEL STEVENSCorporal · December 11, 1967
- MICHAEL A GRIEVESergeant · January 31, 1968
- JOHN MITCHELL MICHALSKISpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
- GARY CARL SEYMOURPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- HAROLD MICHAEL DAVIS JRCorporal · January 18, 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.