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RICHARD ELLSWORTH FUCHS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1946 – January 11, 1967
Service recordRichard Ellsworth Fuchs, of Massillon, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 11, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Shore Party Specialist (1381)
- Born
- September 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Massillon, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 10
- CHARLES GEORGE HAASSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- LARRY CLARENCE HAYLETTSpecialist Four · January 11, 1967
- FRANCIS LEE LANGLEYPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- ANTONIO HERNANDEZ-SOTOPrivate First Class · November 22, 1969
From Massillon
- TIMOTHY DALE BERRYLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- WILLIAM FRANCIS COYNELance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- ROBERT EDWIN BETHUNESpecialist Four · January 12, 1967
- LAMONT DOUGLAS HILLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE NULPH JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- PAUL RAY MADDOXSergeant · December 23, 1967
- DAVID WALLACE HENDLEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT SINNOCKSergeant · May 30, 1968
- TERRY CHIP WELTYSpecialist Four · September 5, 1968
- RONALD STANTONSergeant First Class · October 20, 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.