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RICHARD LEE WHITEMAN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 30, 1947 – April 10, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee Whiteman, of Pasadena, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- September 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “630 ENG CO 39 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 119
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT PERKINS JRSergeant · April 10, 1970
- ALFRED N POTTERSergeant · April 10, 1970
- CHARLES ALAN PURSELLCorporal · April 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANCIS XAVIER GAWORSKISpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 117
- JOSEPH STEVEN NEMETHPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 118
- FRANCIS JOSEPH OREILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 12W, Line 119
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZMaster Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 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.