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RICHARD LOUIS METCALF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1948 – January 21, 1970
Service recordRichard Louis Metcalf, of Castro Valley, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 577 ENG BN 35 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- April 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Castro Valley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 53
- JOHN CURTIS KROEGERSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- KENNETH RICHARD KROEHLERStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1970
- MORRIS CALVIN MILES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- BILLY EUGENE MOOREStaff Sergeant · January 21, 1970
From Castro Valley
- RICHARD LEE IANNICELLIPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- PAUL PHILLIP VANOVERLance Corporal · July 25, 1966
- GLENN DOUGLAS MOOREWarrant Officer 1 · February 8, 1968
- WILLIAM BLAKELYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- THAD BAZILY JESSIMANPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- GERALD THOMAS DUFFEYPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- PATRICK STEVEN LAIRDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG CANRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 27, 1968
- EDWARD THEODORE PETERS JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- DON JAY MCATEESergeant · April 18, 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.