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RICHARD LEE JENNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1947 – June 17, 1967
Service recordRichard Lee Jenner, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 122
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1947
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 122
- HOWARD EUGENE HURSTSergeant · June 17, 1967
- CARL THOMAS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- JAMES RAWLEY JONESCaptain · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DON LE ROY DEATHRAGE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 119
- LARRY EUGENE WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 5
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.