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RICHARD DUANE ORLANDO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 9, 1948 – April 27, 1969
Service recordRichard Duane Orlando, of Lorain, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 27, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 66
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 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Lorain, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date April 27, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 66
- JAMES CHARLES MOORE JRStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1969
- PAUL JAMESON NEELYSergeant · April 27, 1969
- RICHARD ARLEN OMANCorporal · April 27, 1969
- FRANK JOSEPH PROKOPLance Corporal · April 27, 1969
From Lorain
- RAYMOND ELLSWORTH RUPCICFirst Lieutenant · April 6, 1965
- DONALD RAYMOND BONKOCaptain · November 26, 1965
- RONALD RALICHPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- THOMAS REGINALD COWLEYStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RAYMOND HODOROWSKILance Corporal · March 6, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM MCDANIELPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD FIELDSLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- BRUCE BERNARD LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH NAGYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
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.