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RICHARD MICHAEL LINES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 16, 1947 – April 25, 1966
Service recordRichard Michael Lines, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 134
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 16, 1947
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 134
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- ROBERT GILBERT MUELLERPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- JAMES DANIEL OLSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 25, 1966
- EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- KENNETH HARVEY DELPPrivate First Class · April 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 134
- ROBERT GILBERT MUELLERPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 134
- EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 134
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 135
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.