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RICHARD LEE ROUSSEAU
Private · U.S. Army
May 19, 1947 – July 23, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Rousseau, of Pompano Beach, Florida, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 43
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 (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Pompano Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; eight of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 43
- THOMAS RUDOLPH OWENSGunnery Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- EDGAR EUGENE PARKERStaff Sergeant · July 23, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PEARSONFireman · July 23, 1968
- JACK WADE SCARBOROUGH JRSergeant · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID GEORGE MITCHELLCaptain · Panel 51W, Line 42
From Pompano Beach
- GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEWSpecialist Four · February 11, 1962
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK PHILLIPSCorporal · February 24, 1967
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · February 28, 1967
- FRANK HERBERT THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- MICHAEL DWAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VANDERZICHTLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- OLIVER BELL JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · January 20, 1968
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.