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RICHARD CHARLES MARSH
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1946 – December 12, 1966
Service recordRichard Charles Marsh, of Central Valley, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 12, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Central Valley, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 39
- DONALD F LEKOVISHPrivate First Class · December 12, 1966
- BILLY RICHARD MARTINEZSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- LARRY ALLEN MOSSPrivate First Class · December 12, 1966
- MICHAEL LEWIS NOTTAGESpecialist Five · December 12, 1966
From Central Valley
- FRANK PUGLIESECorporal · December 7, 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.