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RICHARD LEE SHUCK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 8, 1947 – February 24, 1969
Service recordRichard Lee Shuck, of Seat Pleasant, Maryland, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Seat Pleasant, Maryland (Prince George's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 40
- LEROY ELLSWORTH SHELDONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS SHIRODA JRSergeant · February 24, 1969
- GAROLD RAY SIMMERSPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
- GARY WENDELL SMITHPrivate First Class · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EUGENE PRICESergeant · Panel 31W, Line 39
From Seat Pleasant
- GEORGE ALBERT BELL JRPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- JAMES KENNEDY JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 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.