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RICHARD RUSS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1952 – September 2, 1971
Service recordRichard Russ JR, of Monticello, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 8
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1952
- Home of record
- Monticello, Florida (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1971
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 8
- WILLIAM KENNETH AUSTINSpecialist Four · September 2, 1971
- GERALD ARTHUR DAVISSpecialist Four · September 2, 1971
- GORDON LEE KIMMELSpecialist Four · September 2, 1971
- MARION HENRY STANLEYStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRIEL WEBBSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 9
From Monticello
- ROBERT LEE HAIRPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- LEROY LEMUEL BELLStaff Sergeant · August 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.