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RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 16, 1946 – May 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Michael Kuchek, of Midland, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 13
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Midland, Michigan (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 13
- JAMES DAVID AMESSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- BARRY EDWIN KARGERLieutenant (junior grade) · May 14, 1968
- DANIEL DUANE KEYESMaster Sergeant · May 14, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH KLINESpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- LANCE JACK KOHANKECorporal · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JEFFERY COLIN SETTLEMYREPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 12
- DENNIS ELWOOD MCDONALDPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 15
- WILLIAM ROBERT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 17
From Midland
- JAMES LEE TEWKSBURYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · April 25, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM PLANTEPrivate First Class · May 16, 1969
- DUANE JACOB CABALAPrivate First Class · July 16, 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.