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RICHARD ALLEN WHITMORE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1947 – February 19, 1970
Service recordRichard Allen Whitmore, of Hawthorne, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 19, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Hawthorne, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 34
- DARRELL GEORGE WOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1970
- LOSSIE FRANKLIN BONESpecialist Four · February 20, 1970
- WARREN JOHN FERGUSON JRLance Corporal · February 20, 1970
- DENNIS EARL JOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
From Hawthorne
- WILLIAM WALTE MCALLISTERMajor · April 22, 1965
- DONALD LEROY ANDERSON JRLance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- ROBERT CRAIG BOELZNERPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · May 21, 1967
- JAMES ALEX GAZDAGHLance Corporal · July 8, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD HAHNLance Corporal · August 23, 1967
- ORVAL L SKIRVINSergeant First Class · October 15, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL PINATELLIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1968
- TIM THOMASCorporal · February 13, 1968
- JAMES WALTER JONESCaptain · August 30, 1968
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.