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RICHARD LORRAINE KUNTZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 21, 1947 – February 5, 1968
Service recordRichard Lorraine Kuntz, of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 5, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 38
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
83 names on the Wall carry the date February 5, 1968. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 38
- TYRONE FRANCIS LAMITIELance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- MICHAEL S LANEFirst Lieutenant · February 5, 1968
- MARK MITCHELL LANGSTONLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- THOMAS WILLIAM LAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH SCOTT BURGETTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 32
From Punxsutawney
- JOSEPH TORZOKSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND ISHMANSpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FRANTZPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL PAPEAirman First Class · September 2, 1970
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.