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RICHARD LEE BORGMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 23, 1947 – March 3, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Borgman, of Minot, North Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 47
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Minot, North Dakota (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1968; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 47
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ALSMANStaff Sergeant · March 3, 1968
- HOWARD HERRELL ASHFORDSergeant · March 3, 1968
- FRANK LESTER BROWNPrivate · March 3, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN BUYSSergeant · March 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP MARVIN CREWSSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 49
- FRANK ROBERT DIMMITTCaptain · Panel 42E, Line 49
- ERNEST EUGENE FAWKSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 50
- HENRY NORFLEET JRCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 54
- JAMES EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 59
From Minot
- ALLAN JAMES KOROMLance Corporal · May 22, 1966
- THOMAS A WELKERStaff Sergeant · July 27, 1967
- LEON LEROY LOCHTHOWEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1967
- WARD GUNARD WALTERSergeant · November 29, 1967
- GEORGE ERNEST VALKER IIISpecialist Four · August 10, 1968
- ROBERT ALVIN BROTHENSergeant · February 27, 1969
- LAWRENCE ROBERT ESSERSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- RICHARD ANTHONY VOLKLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- JOHN MORRIS JOYCEFirst Lieutenant · April 17, 1969
- BRUCE LLOYD WOLDSergeant · April 21, 1970
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.