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RICHARD AUGUSTINE DELEIDI
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1945 – February 7, 1969
Service recordRichard Augustine Deleidi, of El Cajon, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 77
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmfa F-4s (I) (7522)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMFA 334 MAG 13 1 MAW FMFPAC
- Born
- January 30, 1945
- Home of record
- El Cajon, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33W, Line 77
- GARY JOSEPH COYLEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- ROBERT MALCUM DAVENPORTSergeant · February 7, 1969
- RICHARD LARRY DAVISPrivate First Class · February 7, 1969
- PATRICK ELVIN MCCULLOUGHSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
From El Cajon
- WILLIAM EDWARD NEVILLETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- DAVID LEON BAUMGARDNERSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MICHAEL RAYMOND KIEHLPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- JACK M HARRISSergeant First Class · April 14, 1967
- DAVID ALAN HICKMANPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- AQUILLA FRIEND BRITTMajor · October 25, 1967
- WILLIAM TAYLOR HARTMANSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- WALTER KIRT CLARKEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL SULLIVANPetty Officer Third Class · February 25, 1969
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.