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RICHARD WARREN POWELL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 4, 1949 – April 28, 1968
Service recordRichard Warren Powell JR, of Hollywood, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 42
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Hollywood, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 42
- EDGAR DEWITT PAGESpecialist Six · April 28, 1968
- MILLARD LAMAR PALMERSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- MELVIN PRYOR SRSergeant First Class · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ROMEROCaptain · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE BRYANStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 34
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 37
- ROBERT ERIE HOLEYFIELDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 38
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 39
- JOHN THOMAS INTIHARPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 40
- STEVEN MICHAEL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 40
- ROBERT LOUIS MCDUFFYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 41
- VALENTINE AMBROSE OCHSCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 41
- MILLARD LAMAR PALMERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 42
- MELVIN PRYOR SRSergeant First Class · Panel 52E, Line 42
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 43
- RONNIE GLYNN SLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 44
From Hollywood
- CHARLES JACOB BAIRSpecialist Six · January 29, 1966
- STEPHEN RANDALL KITTLEPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- SCOTT SIMONS MCCLOSKEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- HOWARD DUNCAN BENNETTWarrant Officer 1 · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS BUCKLESLance Corporal · February 6, 1968
- DENNETTE A EDWARDS IIISecond Lieutenant · February 26, 1968
- KENNETH CHARLES LOCKWOODSeaman · February 29, 1968
- WILLIS ROZELLE HALLTechnical Sergeant · March 11, 1968
- CHARLES E DAVENPORT IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1968
- PATRICK JAMES HARRINGTONSecond Lieutenant · May 1, 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.