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RICHARD WALTER BUDKA
Captain · U.S. Air Force
March 11, 1932 – December 25, 1967
Service recordRichard Walter Budka, of Amsterdam, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 25, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 56
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 11, 1932
- Home of record
- Amsterdam, New York (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 56
- GRADY MERRIL JORDANSergeant First Class · December 24, 1967
- MICHAEL BERNARD SWEENEYSecond Lieutenant · December 24, 1967
- MATTHEW JOHN AGUGLIAROPrivate First Class · December 25, 1967
- FREDERICK JOHN BURNSSergeant · December 25, 1967
From Amsterdam
- EDWARD STEPHEN STEFFEKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1966
- EDWARD STANLEY KOPIKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CELMERCaptain · March 18, 1967
- LEONARD EDWARD NISKIMajor · May 10, 1967
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- DONATO JOSEPH SIMIELESergeant · June 9, 1968
- PETER FEDASCHSergeant · June 29, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNCHSpecialist Five · March 15, 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.