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RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTT
Captain · U.S. Army
November 14, 1942 – April 30, 1968
Service recordRichard Leroy Endicott, of Casper, Wyoming, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 30, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 11
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Casper, Wyoming (Natrona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 30, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
87 names on the Wall carry the date April 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 11
- WALTER ANTHONY CICCHIANIPetty Officer Second Class · April 30, 1968
- JOHN R DAGOSTINO JRSergeant · April 30, 1968
- LOREN KEITH DAVEYStaff Sergeant · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES DIEDRICHLance Corporal · April 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOEL BEHM JRSergeant · Panel 53E, Line 9
- JOHN PALMORE HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 15
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 16
- RONALD EUGENE PARRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 20
- EDWARD LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 20
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 53E, Line 25
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · Panel 53E, Line 25
- JAMES E WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 53E, Line 25
From Casper
- CARLTON JAKE HOLLANDCaptain · February 9, 1965
- ROBERT WOODROW GROVEGunnery Sergeant · February 18, 1965
- DOUGLAS TYRONE PATRICKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JERRY DUANE BYERSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- WALTER ELMER HANDYPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · April 21, 1968
- VERNON WALTER NIX IIIStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNESSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN SWEENEYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- LEROY ROBERT CARDENASPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
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.