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RICHARD LEE BRECH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 10, 1948 – June 2, 1969
Service recordRichard Lee Brech, of Cottonwood, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 42
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Cottonwood, South Dakota (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 42
- WILLIAM DAVID BLOOMFIELDPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- MURRY LAWRENCE BRITTONPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- WARREN FRED BROWNPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL HOWARD CAVANAGHPetty Officer Second Class · June 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL CHALMERS JANTOPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 45
- JOSEPH GUY LAPOINTE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 45
- JIMMIE LYNN REEDStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 47
- EMANUEL LAWRENCE SAUNDERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 47
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.