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RUSSELL DEAN NEEDHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1946 – May 22, 1967
Service recordRussell Dean Needham, of North Platte, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1946
- Home of record
- North Platte, Nebraska (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 86
- HARRY JOHN MCGUIRE IIIPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- ELTON LAWRENCE PERRINEColonel · May 22, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
- SAMUEL PROCTOR JRCorporal · May 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANDREW MIETUSPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 84
From North Platte
- DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOURLance Corporal · July 4, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · December 13, 1967
- ELBERT BERTON WALKERPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- DANIEL LEE CARRPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- ISMAEL FERNANDO HORNELASCorporal · April 8, 1969
- THOMAS GABRIEL SOTOStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1969
- ROBERT LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- LESTER KEITH TAYLOR JRSergeant · March 17, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNHILLSpecialist Four · November 8, 1970
- LARRY JEROME NEWMANTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.