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RICHARD ALLEN ECKVALL
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1937 – March 25, 1966
Service recordRichard Allen Eckvall, of Englewood, Colorado, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 48
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 3, 1937
- Home of record
- Englewood, Colorado (Arapahoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 48
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- HUGH WILLIAM ELMORECorporal · March 25, 1966
- RICHARD MAYNARD EPPSSergeant · March 25, 1966
- THOMAS KEITH KINGPrivate First Class · March 25, 1966
From Englewood
- JERRY LEE POTTERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- IVEL DOAN FREEMANMajor · March 9, 1967
- VICTOR JOE APODACA JRMajor · June 8, 1967
- RICHARD LEE SPAULDINGPetty Officer Third Class · September 10, 1967
- JERRY CONRAD KELLEYSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD HINTONFirst Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- MELVIN EARL LADEWIGCaptain · August 24, 1968
- LEON JOSEPH PIERCECaptain · April 16, 1969
- DONALD LEE SENTIPrivate · January 22, 1971
- CARL MITCHELL WOODWarrant Officer 1 · February 5, 1971
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.