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RICHARD NEAL SLAVIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1945 – February 12, 1967
Service recordRichard Neal Slavin, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 26, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- 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 February 12, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 23
- JOSEPH DEWEY CRAIN JRSergeant · February 12, 1967
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- CASIMIR SYLWA SYLWANOWICZLance Corporal · February 12, 1967
- COURTNEY EDWARD WEISSMUELLERLieutenant Colonel · February 12, 1967
- PETER JOEL YEINGSTFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLAY EDWARD DOWNEYSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 19
- TRACY LEE JONESCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 21
- ROBERT LEON KINGSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 21
- RICHARD DENNIS NOVOTNYPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 21
- HARMON JULIOUS PIGATTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 22
- GERALD RICCICorporal · Panel 15E, Line 22
- EDDIE JAMES SCOTTSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 22
- JOSEPH DEWEY CRAIN JRSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 23
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.