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RICHARD ALLEN BLANCHFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 27, 1947 – March 30, 1966
Service recordRichard Allen Blanchfield, of Perry Hall, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Perry Hall, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 62
- DAVID L ARNOLDPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL STUART ASHLINEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- MARK STEPHEN BLACKPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
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.