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RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURST
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 31, 1945 – August 4, 1965
Service recordRichard Edward Broadhurst, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 4, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- December 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 48
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CALPSergeant First Class · August 6, 1965
- JAMES RICHARD DYERConstructionman · August 6, 1965
- HAROLD EDWIN GRAY JRLieutenant Commander · August 7, 1965
- GEORGE THOMAS VERDINEKLance Corporal · August 8, 1965
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1967
- ROGER ROBERT CAUTHERNCorporal · November 8, 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.