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RICHARD MICHAEL SPEER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1948 – April 22, 1970
Service recordRichard Michael Speer, of Plant City, Florida, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 39
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Plant City, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 39
- JOHN CLINE TOWLECaptain · April 22, 1970
- JAMES NELSON VARANSKYPrivate First Class · April 22, 1970
- GEORGE MICHAEL WALLFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1970
- HAROLD EDWARD BASEHORE JRFirst Lieutenant · April 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN SCOTT KEENANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 36
From Plant City
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- DEREX WILLIAMS JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINSAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CARLOS LARUE KNIGHTSergeant · June 12, 1968
- RONALD KEITH GROOMSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 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.