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RICHARD TERRANCE DEROSIER
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
July 10, 1940 – January 3, 1970
Service recordRichard Terrance Derosier, of Claremont, New Hampshire, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1970, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 121
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1940
- Home of record
- Claremont, New Hampshire (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Sa Dec Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 121
- DENNIS ERWIN DEBNERWarrant Officer 1 · January 2, 1970
- ROBERT CARROL WRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · January 2, 1970
- GARY LYNN DAVISCorporal · January 3, 1970
- GARY ERNEST EICHELERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- STEWART ROBBINS MOODYCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 122
From Claremont
- GARY NORMAN WHIPPLEPrivate First Class · December 4, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD FINANLance Corporal · April 16, 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.