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DAVID JOHN RICHTSTEIG
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
May 9, 1942 – December 8, 1965
Service recordDavid John Richtsteig, of Cedar City, Utah, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on December 8, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- May 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Cedar City, Utah (Iron County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 8, 1965
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 2
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- ODIN EDGAR SORENSENChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 8, 1965
- JAMES RAY BAILEYSpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
From Cedar City
- JOHN CLIFTON BONZOMaster Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- MARION C ROBBPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
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.