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RICARDO VILLARREAL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 10, 1947 – April 20, 1968
Service recordRicardo Villarreal, of Fallbrook, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 14
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Fallbrook, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 14
- RICHARD JOHN TURBITT JRSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- EDWARD DELBERT ULMANCorporal · April 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN WALKERMajor · April 20, 1968
- ORTEN LEE WAREPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
From Fallbrook
- WAYNE LEROY SAPPGunnery Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS GAYNORSergeant Major · February 15, 1968
- ALFRED FRAZIER MCCANTSGunnery Sergeant · November 29, 1968
- ALBERT JACKSON DAVISStaff Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- DENNIS WALTER KIPPPrivate First Class · October 20, 1969
- RICHARD MARTIN THOMPSONCorporal · December 6, 1969
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.