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RICHARD MARTIN VASKO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 6, 1946 – February 7, 1968
Service recordRichard Martin Vasko, of Swanton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Swanton, Ohio (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 140 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Nam 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 38E, Line 17
- ROBERT CHESTER TURNBULLFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
- DONALD GLENN TUYESLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- ALFRED URDIALES JRPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- JAMES LEONARD WALLERLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREG BLAINE BELEWSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 78
- RICHARD BURBACHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37E, Line 79
- RONALD GENE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 3
- RONALD JOHN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 3
- JOSEPH MANDARINOPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 6
- BOBBY L PORTERSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 10
From Swanton
- ROBERT DENNIS DAVISLance Corporal · March 11, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE BRYANStaff Sergeant · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS EUGENE NOVAKLance Corporal · December 21, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH FULLERSpecialist Four · May 31, 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.