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RICHARD LOWELL IRVIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1948 – August 5, 1969
Service recordRichard Lowell Irvin, of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Sheffield Lake, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1969; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 99 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 97
- JAMES WARREN DONNELLY JRStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1969
- WALTER JOSEPH GUTOWSKICaptain · August 5, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD D HUGHES JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE JONESSpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
From Sheffield Lake
- WAYNE EDWARD BENGESergeant · September 23, 1966
- CODY ALLEN BALISTERILieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK BYRNESergeant · March 8, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNITCHLance Corporal · March 15, 1967
- PAUL DOUGLAS STRAHMFirst Lieutenant · January 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADYSpecialist Four · June 1, 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.