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MICHAEL ROBERT RICH
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 25, 1945 – November 5, 1968
Service recordMichael Robert Rich, of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 23
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- August 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 23
- ROGER DALE JUSTICESergeant · November 5, 1968
- DEAN WILLIAM OLTMANSpecialist Four · November 5, 1968
- JEAN PIERRE V PELLICANOSergeant · November 5, 1968
- JOSE GUADALUPE SANCHEZ JRCorporal · November 5, 1968
From Bloomfield Hills
- BRIAN ALEXANDER MARSHALLPrivate First Class · March 10, 1968
- DAVID JAMES EWINGSpecialist Five · May 22, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD BRAIDSergeant · June 23, 1969
- PATRICK THOMAS DEWULFCorporal · July 20, 1970
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.