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RICHARD SALLEE JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 13, 1948 – July 3, 1971
Service recordRichard Sallee JR, of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 98
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Hopkinsville, Kentucky (Christian County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 98
- ROGER WILLIAM FAREWELLSergeant · July 3, 1971
- GERRY ARTHUR HARRCaptain · July 3, 1971
- RUSSELL CLAIR MANNSpecialist Four · July 3, 1971
- TERRY JACK MARTELLCaptain · July 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ROGER WILLIAM FAREWELLSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 98
From Hopkinsville
- EWING COTTRELL BABBAGEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DONALD FRANKLIN MCMILLANCaptain · April 2, 1966
- CHARLES SEABORN ABELCaptain · September 13, 1966
- LARRY REEDSergeant · December 25, 1966
- JOSEPH ALLEN SCRUGGSCorporal · April 5, 1967
- WADDEL EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1967
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- MICHAEL R HARRIS JRPrivate First Class · July 26, 1967
- WILLIAM ANDREW WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1967
- ISTVAN MOLNARStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1968
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.