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RICHARD LOUIS WENDEL
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
June 21, 1931 – February 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Louis Wendel, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 2, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 1
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Maint Administrationman (AZ)
- Born
- June 21, 1931
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Gia Dinh Province 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 1
- WILLIAM RANDAL TRUETTSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- LEROY EDWARD VALDEZSergeant · February 2, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS VANHOOKPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- LEON ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- LARRY WAYNE NORGAARDPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.