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RICHARD LEWIS PARK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 1, 1950 – March 3, 1971
Service recordRichard Lewis Park, of Burnt Cabins, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Burnt Cabins, Pennsylvania (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 20
- GARY TEOFILIO PADILLACorporal · March 3, 1971
- PAUL ANTHONY SGAMBATISpecialist Four · March 3, 1971
- DALE MARVIN SNYDERSpecialist Five · March 3, 1971
- HAROLD LOWELL ALGAARDWarrant Officer 1 · March 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RICHARD ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4W, Line 18
- TOMMY RAY HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 19
- PAUL ANTHONY SGAMBATISpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 20
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.