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RICHARD ROBERT ANTONOVICH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 8, 1947 – June 18, 1968
Service recordRichard Robert Antonovich, of Calumet, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 21
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Calumet, Minnesota (Itasca County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 21
- JAMES THURMAN GIBSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- WILLIAM TERRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
- CALVIN GOLDEN JRLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- BASILIO GOMEZPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOHN BRENNANSpecialist Five · Panel 56W, Line 17
- MARK ANDREW WENZELWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 56W, Line 30
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.