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RICHARD WAYNE HORSLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 22, 1948 – October 30, 1968
Service recordRichard Wayne Horsley, of Westminster, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Westminster, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 58
- JAMES VAN HOWARDCorporal · October 30, 1968
- RAYMOND LEE JANSENIUSSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
- GEORGE JOHN KENDRASergeant First Class · October 30, 1968
- GARY LEE MATSONSpecialist Five · October 30, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY JOSEPH BARTKOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 56
- JOSEPH FERROPrivate First Class · Panel 40W, Line 57
From Westminster
- RICHARD LYNN CROXENHospitalman · December 9, 1965
- STEPHEN CALEB FORRESTPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DENNIS LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- GALE EDWARD GOTTIPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- HENRY MUCHA JRPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- EARL WILLIAM FERNANDEZStaff Sergeant · September 5, 1967
- JOHN LESTER KITZMILLERPrivate First Class · September 25, 1967
- LESTER LEON PELHAMSergeant · December 9, 1967
- KLAUS DIETER EGOLFSergeant · February 28, 1968
- WARREN GUTHRIE HARDING JRSergeant · February 28, 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.