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A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter.
A 57th Medical Detachment crew loads a wounded soldier aboard a UH-1D “Dustoff” helicopter. Photo: SP4 James B. Egan, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Richard Louis Still.

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RICHARD LOUIS STILL

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

April 13, 1948 – March 9, 1970

Service record

Richard Louis Still, of Mt Vernon, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 13W · Line 101

Position of Panel 13W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Regular
Occupation
Medical Specialist (91B)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
April 13, 1948
Home of record
Mt Vernon, Ohio (Multiple County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 9, 1970
Age
21
Province
Quang Ngai
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 13W, Line 101

From Mt Vernon

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.