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RICHARD SAENZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1948 – October 6, 1968
Service recordRichard Saenz, of Deming, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 20
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Deming, New Mexico (Luna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 20
- GEORGE ROLAN ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
- ELDON WAYNE SMITHSergeant · October 6, 1968
- GILES WARREN STALLARDPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- RICHARD DURAND STEVENSSpecialist Four · October 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EDWARD KOEPPSpecialist Five · Panel 41W, Line 18
- ROOSEVELT WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 18
From Deming
- STEVE GONZALES DURANHospitalman · August 18, 1965
- JOSEPH FELIX TRUJILLOGunnery Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- KURT BYRON PEARSONCorporal · October 14, 1967
- FRANK SOLIS PORTERCorporal · August 30, 1968
- SAMUEL JOHN NUNNPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- CLOVIS LEE MAYSergeant · May 22, 1969
- VICTOR MUNOZ ROMANSpecialist Four · June 28, 1969
- JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURSWarrant Officer 1 · June 30, 1970
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.