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RICHARD LEE WISEMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 31, 1948 – March 18, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee Wiseman, of Elkhart, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 19
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
- August 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Elkhart, Indiana (Elkhart County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 19
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SWARTZSpecialist Four · March 18, 1970
- DORRIS WAYNE TRAINERPrivate · March 18, 1970
- DARRELL EUGENE AYERSStaff Sergeant · March 19, 1970
- LARRY ANTHONY BRANAMPrivate First Class · March 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MILLERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 17
- JOSEPH MONSONCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 18
- DORRIS WAYNE TRAINERPrivate · Panel 12W, Line 19
From Elkhart
- STEVEN GARY BLOOMLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES SIGSBEEPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- CHARLES HARVEY ROBINSONCorporal · November 18, 1967
- JAMES NORBERT GALEYTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE DAVISPrivate First Class · March 26, 1968
- ROBERT GENE TOTHPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE QUICKSergeant · May 5, 1968
- WAYNE AUSTIN DECKERPrivate First Class · June 13, 1968
- DENNIS LEE TYSONLance Corporal · September 9, 1968
- DOUGLAS WAYNE ARMSTRONGLance Corporal · November 21, 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.