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RICHARD WILLIAM BULLOCK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1945 – May 17, 1966
Service recordRichard William Bullock, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 68
- WALTER L BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- SAMUEL DAVID CARPENTERSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- TERRY WAYNE CARPENTERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- GARY THOMAS FUTRELLStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ARTIS WESLEY ANDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 66
- WALTER L BURROUGHSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 68
- TONY DEDMANSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 69
- KENNETH EUGENE DUNCANPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 69
- FELIX ESPARZA JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 70
- ALLEN MORGAN GARRETTPrivate · Panel 7E, Line 71
- EDWARD HAMILTONSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 71
- JOHNNY HARRISONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 71
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 74
- WILLIAM E WALTERSSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 77
- JIMMY LAVERNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 78
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.