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RICHARD LEE RUSSELL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 11, 1937 – June 23, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Russell, of San Diego, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 23, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 22
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 11, 1937
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 22
- RUPERTO MEDINA-GONZALEZCorporal · June 23, 1968
- TERRY JOSEPH PATRICK NEILLCorporal · June 23, 1968
- KENNETH EUGENE NOLANDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1968
- DAVID LEE POWELLLance Corporal · June 23, 1968
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.