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ROLAND ARMAND RICHARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 5, 1943 – April 8, 1969
Service recordRoland Armand Richard, of Meriden, Connecticut, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 40
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
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Meriden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; four of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 40
- CHARLES C DICKERSON JRSergeant · April 8, 1969
- TONY PALACIOSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- GERARD PAUL PORTAStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1969
- ROBERT MICHAEL RASMUSSENCorporal · April 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GLENNIE WAYNE CAINSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 36
- DONALD RAY COOPERCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 37
- ISMAEL FERNANDO HORNELASCorporal · Panel 27W, Line 38
From Meriden
- MICHAEL LOUIS CHMURACorporal · October 17, 1965
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID HENSLEYLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- JOHN REGINALD SHONECKSenior Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- WAYNE ROBERT MCKENZIELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH JUREK IISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT GARRY MARXCorporal · May 27, 1968
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.