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RICHARD VAN HUGGINS
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 11, 1948 – October 8, 1967
Service recordRichard Van Huggins, of Monroe, North Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 73
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Monroe, North Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 27E, Line 73
- CHRISTOPHER BRAYBROOKELieutenant Colonel · October 8, 1967
- GARY LEROY HOLZCorporal · October 8, 1967
- MELVIN EDWARD JOHNSONConstructionman · October 8, 1967
- MITCHELL LYNN KEMPSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL DONALD AMANTEASpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 67
- JAMES WALTER ARMSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 68
- THEODORE JOSEPH CHASONCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 69
- JACK DEAVERSpecialist Five · Panel 27E, Line 70
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 70
- STEPHEN ELY FEISTNERSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 70
- JEFFERY DONALD FLOURNOYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 70
- LARRY LEE GASKINSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 71
- RAY GEVARA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 71
- JOHN H HARDINGSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 72
- ROBERT W HEBERTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 72
- DEMETRIO LOMELI HERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 72
- JOHN WILLIAM MCMASTERPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 74
- SCOTT ANDREW CHRISTOFFERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 77
- JERRY FRANKLIN WALLSCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 77
- RICHARD ANDRESEN WESTCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 77
From Monroe
- ROBERT LEE CURLEE JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- CHARLES EVERETT SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1966
- DAVID MACKRAL JORDANLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- PHILLIP WARD BROOMMajor · November 3, 1967
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE LANEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- RONALD LYNN HARKEYSergeant · February 22, 1969
- CHARLES DAVID ROGERSCaptain · March 11, 1969
- RUPERT A FUNDERBURK JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 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.