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RICHARD PISKULA
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
September 13, 1938 – July 28, 1969
Service recordRichard Piskula, of Whitehall, Pennsylvania, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 28, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Whitehall, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 60
- JOHN HOWARD PEARSONCorporal · July 27, 1969
- FELICIANO ROCHALance Corporal · July 27, 1969
- THOMAS RICHARD ROOTSergeant · July 27, 1969
- DAUNT BRUNELL SANDERSFirst Lieutenant · July 27, 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.