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RICHARD CARLTON MARSHALL
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 30, 1934 – September 5, 1965
Service recordRichard Carlton Marshall, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on September 5, 1965, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 76
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- DET 10 1131 USAF SP ACTY SQ
- Born
- December 30, 1934
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 5, 1965
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 5, 1965; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1965, 150 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 2E, Line 76
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- EDWARD BRENDAN SHAWLieutenant (junior grade) · September 5, 1965
- MICHAEL TERRANCE BADSINGLance Corporal · September 6, 1965
- ALLAN RUSSELL FISCHBACHLance Corporal · September 6, 1965
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.