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RICHARD TARKINGTON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 30, 1945 – February 16, 1967
Service recordRichard Tarkington JR, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Okmulgee, Oklahoma (Okmulgee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967; 46 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 107 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 51
- GARY CHARLES RICHARDSPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- KENNETH TRUMAN RUSSELLCorporal · February 16, 1967
- DONALD LAWRENCE SCHNEECorporal · February 16, 1967
- ELMELINDO RODRIGUES SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · February 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD EUGENE FORTENBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 37
- CHANNING ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 38
- CARLTON AMERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 38
- WILLIAM LARRY ANDREWSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 38
- MICHAEL OLAN BATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 38
- LEE R BAYSSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 38
- JEFFREY LANDIS BEATYSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 39
- WILLIAM MICHAEL BERENWICKPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 39
- LANNY ROSS BOLDINGPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 39
- RICHARD ALFRED LAWRENCECorporal · Panel 15E, Line 39
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 40
- ROBERT WILLIAM COFFEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 40
- DOUGLAS ROBERT COLBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 40
- GEORGE EVERETT DICKERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 41
- DONALD RALPH DORMANSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 41
- CURTIS LAMAR DUCKPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 41
- JAMES LEE ELLIOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 41
- CHESTER WADE EDENSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 42
- LARRY STEVEN FETHEROLFPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 42
- MANUEL SOLARES FLORESPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 15E, Line 42
- RICHARD LEE ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 43
- JOSEPH PAUL FORANSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 43
- THOMAS VINCENT FORD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 43
- FRANK F GAGLIANOCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 43
From Okmulgee
- HERMAN HIRAM RITCHIECaptain · January 13, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP MCELHANNONLance Corporal · April 6, 1966
- BILLY CHARLES JONESSpecialist Four · January 21, 1967
- RUSSELL FORREST KECKCorporal · May 18, 1967
- RUDY YORK CHALAKEEPrivate · March 10, 1968
- PAUL ARTHUR BOGUSKISpecialist Four · June 19, 1968
- VENCEN ACKERSONSergeant First Class · March 4, 1969
- JIMMIE CHARLES SCROGUMSergeant · July 9, 1969
- MICHAEL SIDNEY MCNEILLAirman First Class · December 5, 1972
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.