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RICHARD WARREN PERSHING
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 25, 1942 – February 17, 1968
Service recordRichard Warren Pershing, of New York, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 25, 1942
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1968; 19 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 144 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 76
- LARRY ROBERT MCKINNEYLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- DALE STEPHEN MCWRIGHTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- LEWIS RAULERSON NOBLECorporal · February 17, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE RADONSKIPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WARD FRAVELSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 70
- HENRY GREGORYPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 71
- FRANK LEE HOGEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 72
- ROBERT ALAN JACKSONSergeant · Panel 39E, Line 72
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.