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RICHARD MICHAEL SPROUT
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 13, 1944 – August 26, 1968
Service recordRichard Michael Sprout, of Duncannon, Pennsylvania, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 26, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 34
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Mechanic (CM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 7 3 NC BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Duncannon, Pennsylvania (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 34
- DAVID FREDERICK SLEEPERSergeant · August 26, 1968
- CHARLES FRANK SMITHSergeant First Class · August 26, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH SMITHPrivate First Class · August 26, 1968
- JAMES ALTON TAYLORWarrant Officer 1 · August 26, 1968
From Duncannon
- MICHAEL DALE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
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.