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RICHARD PAUL TEEVENS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1943 – November 17, 1967
Service recordRichard Paul Teevens, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 30E, Line 11
- MAX E NICHOLSMajor · November 17, 1967
- JOHN WILLIE PAGEPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- HUBERT JACKSON PAYNEPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GUADALUPE MARTINEZSergeant First Class · Panel 30E, Line 10
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.