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RICHARD OLIVER BICKFORD
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 8, 1943 – October 18, 1968
Service recordRichard Oliver Bickford, of Danbury, Connecticut, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 72
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Danbury, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 18, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 72
- LARRY DARRALL BENNETTSergeant · October 18, 1968
- TIMOTHY COLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 18, 1968
- RONALD MARVIN DELPSpecialist Four · October 18, 1968
- ROBERT W DIEFFENBACH JRSpecialist Four · October 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CYRIL ANTHONY ALVERAZSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 71
- HERBERT CYRIL LANGENHORSTCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 74
From Danbury
- GERALD WAYNE MCKINLEYLieutenant (junior grade) · March 31, 1965
- JOHN KEARNAN CLARKELance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- BARNEY JOE KELLYSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- LAWRENCE GUY VISCONTIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- VERNON HOWARD BAKER IICorporal · June 18, 1967
- RUSSELL JOSEPH ROTKO JRPrivate · October 30, 1968
- MICHAEL MELVIN FARMERCorporal · November 5, 1968
- RICHARD C BENICEWICZCaptain · March 21, 1969
- THOMAS JUDD TYRELLSergeant · March 30, 1969
- JAMES GERALD FLYNNStaff Sergeant · May 31, 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.