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RICHMOND ROSS LUCE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 22, 1948 – May 29, 1967
Service recordRichmond Ross Luce, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 14
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- BRUCE K MANNINGCorporal · May 29, 1967
- BILLY CESAR MCFALLSSpecialist Four · May 29, 1967
- MICHAEL L OTTOPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE JOSEPH CARRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 9
- GARY LYNN JAMESPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 13
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.