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LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 27, 1943 – October 8, 1963
Service recordLuther Edmond Ritchey JR, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 8, 1963, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 31
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
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMM 361 MAG 16 1 MAW AIRFMFPAC
- Born
- January 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1963
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1963; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1963, 24 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 31
- RONALD FRANK SKOVIAKCorporal · October 8, 1963
- CHARLES PRESTON TUTHILLCorporal · October 8, 1963
- CHARLES F WHITEHEAD JRWarrant Officer · October 8, 1963
- WILBUR TURBY DUNLAPSergeant First Class · October 15, 1963
From Mansfield
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD EARL MEHLPrivate First Class · December 19, 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.