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RICHARD LEE CRITES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 14, 1944 – October 17, 1967
Service recordRichard Lee Crites, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 17, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 21
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1967; 62 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 21
- JOE ALBERT CRUTCHERPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- JERRY FREDERICK DEGRAYLance Corporal · October 17, 1967
- WESLEY ELLSWORTH DODSONPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- FRANCIS ELLSWORTH DOWLINGSergeant Major · October 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WAYNE ADKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 18
- TERRY DELAMESA ALLEN JRLieutenant Colonel · Panel 28E, Line 18
- LARRY MICHAEL ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 18
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 19
- JAMES LISMAN BLACKWELL JRCaptain · Panel 28E, Line 19
- JACKIE EVERRETT BOLEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 19
- CLIFFORD LYNN BREEDEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 19
- RALPH CARRASCOSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 20
- ELWOOD DAVID CHANEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 20
- MELVIN BRUCE COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 20
- HAROLD BASCOM DURHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 20
- JOE ALBERT CRUTCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 21
- WESLEY ELLSWORTH DODSONPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 21
- FRANCIS ELLSWORTH DOWLINGSergeant Major · Panel 28E, Line 21
- SANTOS CAMEROPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 22
- EDWARD PHILLIP DYEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 22
- LEON NELSON EASTSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 22
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 22
- ANTHONY JOHN FAMILIAREPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 22
- MICHAEL JAMES FARRELLSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 23
- PAUL L FITZGERALD JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 23
- MICHAEL JOSEPH GALLAGHERSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 23
- ARTURO GARCIASpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 24
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.