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RICHARD STEPHEN SLY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – May 1, 1969
Service recordRichard Stephen Sly, of Macomb, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 94
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Macomb, Illinois (Mcdonough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1969; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 94
- DAVID ROY SCHAEFERSergeant · May 1, 1969
- JOHN DAVID SEXTONSergeant · May 1, 1969
- AMMONS EWING SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
- WAYNE ALAN STEVENSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
From Macomb
- JERALD WAYNE PENDELLSergeant · October 6, 1962
- FRANK DANIEL GEORGEStaff Sergeant · August 7, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FRAKESSpecialist Four · January 26, 1973
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.