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RICHARD EDWARD DUCHARME
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1948 – October 2, 1967
Service recordRichard Edward Ducharme, of Woonsocket, Rhode Island, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 38
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
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Providence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 38
- DAVID BRUCE TUCKERMajor · October 1, 1967
- JESSIE SEYMORE BREWERStaff Sergeant · October 2, 1967
- RODGER DEAN ECKSTEINPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- IVAN CLAUS KINGStaff Sergeant · October 2, 1967
From Woonsocket
- LEWIS METCALFE WALLING JRSecond Lieutenant · February 11, 1962
- ANTHONY SILBASpecialist Five · March 28, 1966
- RONALD JOSEPH BRISSETTEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- PAUL LIONEL DURANDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- RENE RAYMOND COUTUCorporal · August 27, 1967
- DENNIS EDWARD BURKESecond Lieutenant · February 6, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM LAUZONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RAYStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN FRISKSergeant · March 27, 1968
- CRAIG BARKER HOLTCorporal · May 26, 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.