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RICHARD DANIEL NOVAK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1949 – August 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Daniel Novak, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 14, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 14
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 1, 1949
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 14
- JOHN BRUCE MULARZSpecialist Four · August 14, 1968
- DANIEL LEO NEUBURGERFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1968
- LEONARD MONROE PARRISHPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- KERMIT C PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.