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RICHARD LEE TREAS
Captain · U.S. Army
August 20, 1935 – August 22, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Treas, of Muncie, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on August 22, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 34
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1935
- Home of record
- Muncie, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 34
- WAYNE EARL THOMASSergeant · August 22, 1968
- REGINALD GAY TOLBERTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- ARCADIO TORRES JRPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- PATRICK EDWARD WARDSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERTO LAY GABANASpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 27
- LAWRENCE EDWARD STEVENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 32
- JOHN D STRINGFELLOW JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 33
- ALLEN PRICE WEAVERSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 35
From Muncie
- MORRIS CRAIG WHEELERLance Corporal · January 10, 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.