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RICHARD LEE TATUM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1948 – August 6, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Tatum, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 21
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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 21
- RONALD DAVID WHITLOWPetty Officer Third Class · August 6, 1968
- TERRY LYMAN BALDWINPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 1968
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 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.