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RICHARD MATTHEW LOGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1944 – October 26, 1969
Service recordRichard Matthew Logan, of Elyria, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 122
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1944
- Home of record
- Elyria, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1969; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 122
- MICHAEL LINN LYTLEPrivate First Class · October 26, 1969
- KEITH MASON PARRSergeant · October 26, 1969
- GRAY DAWSON WARRENCaptain · October 26, 1969
- RONALD DALE WESTPHALSergeant · October 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LORENZO CHAPA JRSergeant · Panel 17W, Line 120
- JAMES ABRAHAM DOANEPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 120
- JAMES JONESPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 121
- MICHAEL LINN LYTLEPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 122
From Elyria
- JAMES DAVID SMITHPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- JAMES CALVIN WHITMOREPrivate First Class · November 9, 1967
- MICHAEL DRENNEN MILBURNLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- TROY TONY THREETPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · February 29, 1968
- DONNIE STANLEY KEGGPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- NORMAN JONES JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JOHN LESTER BEGANPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL FOSTER JRSpecialist Four · September 12, 1968
- CALVIN KERMIT COONLance Corporal · September 18, 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.