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RICHARD DAVID WALSH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1935 – December 28, 1969
Service recordRichard David Walsh, of Quincy, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 106
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cook (3371)
- Born
- October 9, 1935
- Home of record
- Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 106
- RANDALL KEITH TETERCorporal · December 28, 1969
- TERRY ALLEN THORNTONCorporal · December 28, 1969
- MICHAEL HUGH BEAVERSpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
- MICHAEL JOSEPH DINDASpecialist Four · December 29, 1969
From Quincy
- GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · July 23, 1964
- EDWARD ALAN BRUDNOCaptain · June 3, 1973
- RICHARD JOHN VASCONCELLOSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHANLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- BRIAN PAUL AHERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE BIFOLCHIMajor · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PITTSPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT GRASSOLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 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.