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RICHARD P LANCASTER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1943 – February 20, 1966
Service recordRichard P Lancaster JR, of Brentwood, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Born
- January 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Brentwood, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 56
- JOHN EDWARD KERNSSergeant · February 20, 1966
- JEROME LOMAC MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINSPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT RUTLEDGEStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1966
From Brentwood
- WILLIAM WELLSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD LYNN LABARRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES SEIDENSTICKERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- PETER COLICCHIOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- NICHOLAS HEFER FRITZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL CACCIUTTOLOPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- ALAN PAUL PAGLIARONISpecialist Four · May 3, 1968
- GARY ARNALDO GUASPSecond Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- DANIEL JOHN HOMMELCorporal · May 25, 1968
- JOSE ANTONIO GRANIELA JRPrivate First Class · August 16, 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.