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RICHARD LOUIS TIRICO
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 16, 1949 – June 21, 1968
Service recordRichard Louis Tirico, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 16, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 16
- DAVID BERNARD TAYLORCorporal · June 21, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH VANGORDERSergeant · June 21, 1968
- BOYD JAMES YOUNGBLOODPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT ZBOYOVSKIPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 11
- TERRY LEE FETZERCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 12
- KENNETH CLAIR FLEMING JRCorporal · Panel 55W, Line 13
- WILLIAM HAROLD GLASPIESergeant · Panel 55W, Line 13
- JOHNNIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 55W, Line 13
- BRADLEY JAMES JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 55W, Line 14
- DAVID LETCHER MCDONALDSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 14
- DONALD DUANE KORBPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 55W, Line 15
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.