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RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDES
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 14, 1937 – March 26, 1964
Service recordRichard Lebrou Whitesides, of Stockton, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 26, 1964, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 48
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 19 TAC AIR SPT SQ
- Born
- January 14, 1937
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 26, 1964
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1964; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In March 1964, 17 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 48
- ROBERT NEWTON BRUMETCaptain · April 9, 1964
- WILLIAM THOMAS CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · April 10, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
- EMMANUEL DAVID WHITLEYSpecialist Four · April 16, 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.