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RICHARD LEE WAYCASTER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 2, 1947 – February 19, 1969
Service recordRichard Lee Waycaster, of Horse Shoe, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 61
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Horse Shoe, North Carolina (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 61
- WILLIAM OSHEA IILance Corporal · February 19, 1969
- JOHN WAYNE POESpecialist Four · February 19, 1969
- DAVID ALAN SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · February 19, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH SEERYLieutenant (junior grade) · February 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 57
- JAMES WENDALL DALTONCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 58
- GARY ROY GENTHCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 58
- CHARLES MILTON DOWNSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 59
- CHARLES FOULKS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 59
- RONALD JOSEPH HILLMANPrivate First Class · Panel 32W, Line 59
From Horse Shoe
- LARRY GAY LANCESpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- RICHARD BRYAN LINEBERRYLieutenant · September 27, 1972
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.