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RICHARD LEE SARVIS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1943 – February 22, 1971
Service recordRichard Lee Sarvis, of Durham, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 131
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- September 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Durham, North Carolina (Durham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1971
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 131
- RONALD GAY CURTISSergeant · February 22, 1971
- MONTY LEWIS HARBINSergeant · February 22, 1971
- EDWARD EARL SCOTT JRCorporal · February 22, 1971
- RAYMOND LEE ARMENTROUTStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1971
From Durham
- WILLIAM B WATSON JRStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- ALFRED L THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- JOHN MARSHALL BROWN IIIStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD FARRAR JRPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JAMES AUGUSTA RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1966
- MCARTHUR NICHOLSSpecialist Four · September 18, 1966
- JOHN MILTON HARRINGTONCaptain · September 19, 1966
- HAROLD LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · October 22, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE BURNETTESpecialist Four · December 27, 1966
- KENNETH JAMES DANTZLERSpecialist Four · April 1, 1967
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.