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RICHARD WAYNE HOUSEHOLDER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1944 – May 4, 1969
Service recordRichard Wayne Householder, of Somerset, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Somerset, Ohio (Perry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 112
- WILLIAM DAVID BRITTONFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 1969
- JOSEPH RUBEN KARPYSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT KLAPAK JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- JOSEPH THOMAS MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT KLAPAK JRSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 112
- JOSEPH THOMAS MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 26W, Line 112
From Somerset
- KENNETH EUGENE WHITMERSergeant · March 24, 1970
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.