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JOHN ALLAN RICH
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1946 – August 25, 1966
Service recordJohn Allan Rich, of Mesa, Arizona, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 43
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- May 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Mesa, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 43
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BENJAMIN C ROLLER JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
From Mesa
- ROBERT ORRIE LONGPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GUY RICHARD REEDPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- BOBBY JOE BAREFIELDPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- JERRY TIMOTHY SUTERPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1966
- JOHN LOUIS CZECHOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
- DALLAS TYLER ADAIR JRCorporal · April 26, 1968
- FRANK G HERRERASergeant · May 18, 1968
- ROJELIO OLIVAN MUNOZ IIPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- MERRILL THOMAS GERAGHTYFirst Lieutenant · September 6, 1968
- RONALD JAMES HUELSKAMPPrivate First Class · September 29, 1968
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.