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RICHARD ARTHUR LILLIE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1948 – February 18, 1971
Service recordRichard Arthur Lillie, of Richey, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 117
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
- Broadcast Journalist (4313)
- Born
- August 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Richey, Montana (Dawson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1971; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 117
- FRANK JOSEPH KOHLMYERStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1971
- WALTER EDWARD LEWELLENSergeant · February 18, 1971
- ALLEN RICHARD LLOYDSergeant · February 18, 1971
- JAMES ARTHUR LONGSergeant First Class · February 18, 1971
From Richey
- LESLIE VERNE SAMPSONStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
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.