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RICHARD ARTHUR FUNELLI JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1947 – January 15, 1967
Service recordRichard Arthur Funelli JR, of Farrell, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Farrell, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- 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
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 34
- ALFRED JOHN DYMERSKISergeant · January 15, 1967
- RAYMOND LESTER ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · January 15, 1967
- FLOYD TYRONE FLOWERSLance Corporal · January 15, 1967
- HERMAN LEROY GURRSpecialist Six · January 15, 1967
From Farrell
- ROGER ALLEN BROWNCorporal · December 18, 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.