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RICHARD RUSSELL REVOIR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1949 – June 11, 1969
Service recordRichard Russell Revoir, of Mesick, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 16, 1949
- Home of record
- Mesick, Michigan (Wexford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 26
- RICHARD MANFORD RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- DANIEL GEORGE REIDSergeant First Class · June 11, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN RILEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- CHARLIE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · June 11, 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.