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RICHARD FRANCIS DUBOIS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 25, 1949 – May 30, 1969
Service recordRichard Francis Dubois, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 30, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 20
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
- March 25, 1949
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 30, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 20
- JEROME LISTON COLLINSCorporal · May 30, 1969
- NATHANIEL COOKPrivate First Class · May 30, 1969
- EDWIN EARL DOTTERSergeant · May 30, 1969
- EDWARD FROWNERSergeant · May 30, 1969
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 1965
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.