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RICHARD OWEN GULLIXSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 1, 1949 – September 29, 1968
Service recordRichard Owen Gullixson, of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Milton-Freewater, Oregon (Umatilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 90 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 40
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- JOHN EDDIE GIBSONPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD HAMILTONSpecialist Five · September 29, 1968
- SHERWOOD DAVID KREISWarrant Officer 1 · September 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE GENE GADDYPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 40
From Milton-Freewater
- ROBERT HUGH PRICEFirst Lieutenant · January 1, 1966
- LARRY TOM CHANDLERSergeant · August 5, 1967
- WAYNE ARDELL FERGUSONMajor · June 16, 1968
- BRUCE LANDON CARTERPrivate First Class · September 11, 1968
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.