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JAMES RICHARD DISCHERT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1943 – October 11, 1965
Service recordJames Richard Dischert, of Peoria, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 11, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 118
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
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- December 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Peoria, Illinois (Peoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1965; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 118
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS FAULKNERSergeant · October 11, 1965
- EDWARD A MALEWICZ JRPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- JIMMIE LEE MINCKSSergeant · October 11, 1965
From Peoria
- GARY PAUL BLANDLance Corporal · September 22, 1965
- ANTHONY EUGENE PENDOLAPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOSEPH MYRON WORKMANPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- KIRK IRWIN RILEYCaptain · December 3, 1965
- JOHN HENRY BELLPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · June 23, 1966
- HAROLD JOSEPH ALWANLieutenant Colonel · February 27, 1967
- HAROLD EDWARD NULLSpecialist Four · March 24, 1967
- CHARLES DUFFY BLACKFirst Lieutenant · April 13, 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.