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RICHARD EDWARD URBAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 3, 1947 – July 28, 1968
Service recordRichard Edward Urban, of Stratford, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 28
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Stratford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 28
- ALBERT PRESLEY SMITHSergeant · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM STANLEY SMOYERSecond Lieutenant · July 28, 1968
- JOHN JEREMIAH TILLPrivate · July 28, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM ZUEHLSDORFFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1968
From Stratford
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DURKIN JRCorporal · May 22, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM HARRISSergeant First Class · May 26, 1967
- WALTER FRANCIS E MATIS JRSergeant · April 19, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BOWESpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- IRWIN STUART LERNERMajor · December 20, 1972
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.