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JAMES BURNUS RICHEE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1947 – August 25, 1968
Service recordJames Burnus Richee, of Compton, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 21
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 21
- JUAN MANUEL QUINONESCorporal · August 25, 1968
- LELAND EUGENE RADLEYPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- DANIEL DIAS REZENDECorporal · August 25, 1968
- THOMAS EARL RICHEYSergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
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.