Rank
Class Of
1968
Branch
MIA/KIA
KIA
Conflict
Born
March 16, 1946
Died
Aug. 30, 1968
Awards
Purple Heart
Buried
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Panel 45W line 6. Oregon Vietnam Veterans Living Memorial Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon. Evergreen Memorial Park McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon
Image
Biography
PFC Traster was born in McMinnville Oregon. He was killed in Quang Tin, Vietnam while serving with the 5th Special Forces Group, Company C, Detachment A-104, when he was struck by hostile mortar or artillery fire.
http://www.vvmf.org/Wall-of-Faces/52487/RICHARD-E-TRASTER
https://www.oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fx71bs493#page/53/mo... (pg 27)