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RICHARD THOMAS WILHELM
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 29, 1946 – August 30, 1969
Service recordRichard Thomas Wilhelm, of Rochester, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 13
- ERNIE LEE WALLENPrivate First Class · August 30, 1969
- ISMAEL BENITO ARANDALance Corporal · August 31, 1969
- DOUGLAS ALVIN BENNETTSpecialist Five · August 31, 1969
- JEROME EARL BOWERSSpecialist Four · August 31, 1969
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.