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RICHARD DAVID AUSBROOKS
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1948 – April 11, 1969
Service recordRichard David Ausbrooks, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 55
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 55
- ROBERT M CHRISTIAN JRSecond Lieutenant · April 11, 1969
- EDWARD VALENTINE EIDEN JRSergeant · April 11, 1969
- NEIL PHILIP FARMERSergeant First Class · April 11, 1969
- GUY TALMADGE FLETCHER JRPrivate First Class · April 11, 1969
From Bowling Green
- JOHN WILLIAM MILLERLance Corporal · October 8, 1966
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD SWEATTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 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.