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RICHARD ALAN DUDEK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1949 – October 7, 1968
Service recordRichard Alan Dudek, of Inkster, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 22
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Inkster, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 22
- GEORGE HENRY BREWERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
- BRUCE GILBERT BROWNCorporal · October 7, 1968
- CHARLES CLARK IIFirst Lieutenant · October 7, 1968
- DANIEL PAUL COLGANPrivate First Class · October 7, 1968
From Inkster
- RICHARD EDWIN WILSONLance Corporal · December 27, 1965
- JAMES MCMURRAY MCLEANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- JOSEPH BONNERSpecialist Four · May 19, 1968
- LUTHER JAMES LACKLANDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1969
- HOWARD JOSEPH MANERPetty Officer First Class · June 18, 1969
- PAUL DAVIS JONESPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- RONNIE JOSEPH PETRESergeant · September 2, 1969
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SERVANTEZSergeant · September 17, 1969
- ARVELL BERNARD HOLSTONSergeant · March 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.