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RICHARD MICHAEL FACER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 24, 1950 – October 31, 1970
Service recordRichard Michael Facer, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- April 24, 1950
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1970; eight of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 31
- FRANCIS JOSEPH BUNCHStaff Sergeant · October 31, 1970
- JERRY ALLEN DENNISSpecialist Four · October 31, 1970
- DOUGLAS GARY EHLERSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1970
- LEON EMMANUEL KISERSergeant First Class · October 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS GARY EHLERSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 31
- ROBERT EDISON LINVILLESpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 32
- TIMOTHY FRANCIS MURPHY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 32
- PAUL SIRIANNI JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 33
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 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.