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RICHARD MICHAEL HOPE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 22, 1944 – October 5, 1970
Service recordRichard Michael Hope, of Danbury, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 113
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Equipment Maintenance Clerk (71T)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Danbury, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 113
- TERRY LOUIS DEERPrivate First Class · October 5, 1970
- FRED ALLEN GASSMANSergeant · October 5, 1970
- VAUN ARLEN GORBEFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 1970
- WARREN EARL KINDSVATTERCaptain · October 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH MCGUCKINSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 114
From Danbury
- GERALD WAYNE MCKINLEYLieutenant (junior grade) · March 31, 1965
- JOHN KEARNAN CLARKELance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BARNEY JOE KELLYSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GUY VISCONTIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- VERNON HOWARD BAKER IICorporal · June 18, 1967
- RICHARD OLIVER BICKFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 18, 1968
- RUSSELL JOSEPH ROTKO JRPrivate · October 30, 1968
- MICHAEL MELVIN FARMERCorporal · November 5, 1968
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS JUDD TYRELLSergeant · March 30, 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.