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Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965.
Australian, American, South Vietnamese and Korean soldiers at the Đức Mỹ Ranger Training Center, December 1965. Photo: SP5 Allan K. Holm, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Richard Don Slack JR.

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RICHARD DON SLACK JR

Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps

June 3, 1943 – November 21, 1964

Service record

Richard Don Slack JR, of East Weymouth, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 21, 1964, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 1E · Line 73

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Service

Branch
U.S. Marine Corps
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Aircraft Navigation Sys Tech, Iff/Radar/Tacan, Ima (6413)
Born
June 3, 1943
Home of record
East Weymouth, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)

Casualty

Date of death
November 21, 1964
Age
21
Province
Offshore
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

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Two names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1964. In November 1964, 19 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From East Weymouth

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.