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--- General / Personal ---
Last name: BACHERT
First name: RICHARD CHARLES
Home of Record (official): DAVISBURG
State (official): MI
Date of Birth: Wednesday, February 16, 1949
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
--- Military ---
Branch: Army
Rank: SP4
Serial Number: 54969398
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E4
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11E10
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
H Company 2nd Squadron
--- Action ---
Start of Tour: Wednesday, August 28, 1968
Date of Casualty: Saturday, December 21, 1968
Age at time of loss: 19
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Drowned, suffocated (Ground casualty)
Country: South Vietnam
Province: Binh Duong
The Wall: Panel 36W - Row 055
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