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RICHARD WILLIAM DEVINE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 16, 1943 – August 24, 1970
Service recordRichard William Devine, of Pine City, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 1
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 16, 1943
- Home of record
- Pine City, New York (Chemung County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 1
- FRANK ANDREW CASSIN JRSergeant · August 24, 1970
- PATRICK G FITZSIMMONSWarrant Officer 1 · August 24, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES HINESCorporal · August 24, 1970
- ASA THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MILTON REGINALD KENNEDYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 2
- JOHN SYLVESTER NUTWELLSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 3
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.