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RICHARD WARREN HASTINGS
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
July 14, 1940 – April 16, 1966
Service recordRichard Warren Hastings, of Lomita, California, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 16, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- July 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Lomita, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 71
- JOHN MAYOSpecialist Four · November 14, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- NELSON F PULSIFER JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1966
- ROBERT THOMAS REEDSpecialist Four · November 14, 1966
- JIMMIE TUCHCorporal · November 14, 1966
From Lomita
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND HORRIDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
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.