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RICHARD WILLIAM STEIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 5, 1947 – October 26, 1967
Service recordRichard William Stein, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 26, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 77
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Born
- January 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Brookfield, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 26, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date October 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 77
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- STANLEY WILLIAM TUNALLSergeant · October 26, 1967
- BILLY ROBERT WOHLGAMUTHPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- DUANE CHARLES AKKERMANPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
From Brookfield
- WILLIAM ROBERT GLUECKSTEINHospitalman · January 29, 1966
- JAMES BRIAN HUDISLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- HOWARD V MATSON JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES MANNSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
- THOMAS ARTHUR GERGPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- JOHN PAUL VISPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWIN PIERSONLance Corporal · December 15, 1967
- DONALD ALAN KIRKHAMHospitalman · February 1, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE ZEIMETWarrant Officer 1 · September 4, 1968
- LANCE ALLEN ROBINSONCorporal · March 23, 1971
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.