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RICHARD NORMAN LEE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1950 – June 25, 1971
Service recordRichard Norman Lee, of La Mirada, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 88
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 8, 1950
- Home of record
- La Mirada, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 88
- ROBERT LEE MORGANFLASHStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1971
- ALBERT PARKER CARDENCaptain · June 25, 1971
- CHARLES THOMAS JONESFirst Lieutenant · June 25, 1971
- RUBIN MATHIS IISpecialist Five · June 25, 1971
From La Mirada
- MIGUEL RAMON BURRIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY HAMMARSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- LESTER LEWIS MOOREPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- PEDRO ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- JOSEPH CRAIG MARTINPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- ENCARNASION RODRIGUEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- CHARLES RUPERT TRICKERCorporal · February 27, 1971
- SCOTT LEE BIRKETAirman First Class · September 30, 1972
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.