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RICHARD TILDON KARGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 8, 1946 – August 9, 1966
Service recordRichard Tildon Karger, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 120
- GLENN MARK FRIDDLESpecialist Four · August 9, 1966
- ALLEN JOHN KAKUKPrivate First Class · August 9, 1966
- DENNIS GILBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · August 9, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.