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RICHARD PAUL POWERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 22, 1948 – September 5, 1969
Service recordRichard Paul Powers, of Powell, Wyoming, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 5, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 42
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Powell, Wyoming (Park County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1969; seven of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 42
- DENNIS JAMES MURPHYSpecialist Four · September 5, 1969
- HARRY W PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · September 5, 1969
- BERNARD AMBROSE PROPSONSergeant · September 5, 1969
- RAY WARREN PURIFOYStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 36
- KENNETH EDWARD FOUSTCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 38
- RON JACKSON HAYNESPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 39
- DOUGLAS SCOTT KEMPFSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 40
- JAMES LEE MOORECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 41
- BRETT GRANT REAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 43
- CHARLES FRANKLIN TAYLORPrivate First Class · Panel 18W, Line 44
From Powell
- CURTIS TADASHI ANDOPrivate First Class · January 3, 1967
- PABLO PATINOStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1967
- ROGER LEE SCOTTWarrant Officer 1 · January 20, 1970
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.