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RICHARD LOSOYA DURAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 1, 1947 – March 13, 1969
Service recordRichard Losoya Duran, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 29
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Las Cruces, New Mexico (Dona Ana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Sa Dec Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 29
- CLARENCE ANDREW EARLEYCorporal · March 13, 1969
- JAMES PRICE FULLERTONSpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- ALBERT THOMAS GLANTONPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- DANIEL WILLIAM LLOYDSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CORNELL RICHARD R CLARKESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 28
- CLARENCE ANDREW EARLEYCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 29
- ALBERT THOMAS GLANTONPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 29
From Las Cruces
- JOHN MILTON RISNERPrivate First Class · June 26, 1966
- JOE MAC KEMPCorporal · July 24, 1966
- ROBERT F CHAMBERLAINWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1966
- JUAN MANUEL ALBA ZAMORACorporal · July 18, 1967
- JOHN RAMAGE BARBOURPetty Officer Third Class · September 4, 1967
- DAVID REAY MALINSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- WALTER CLIFFORD BUNYEA JRPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- ANDY ANASTACIO CABRERACorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE MECHEMFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- CHARLE CORDOVA FLORESSpecialist Five · May 9, 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.