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RICHARD FRANK TRISKE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1949 – June 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Frank Triske, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 17
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Grand Forks, North Dakota (Grand Forks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 17
- AUDRON L SMITHPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- JAMES GORDON SMITHLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- LLOYD MARTAIN STARKEYSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- TIMOTHY LAWRENCE STROHMPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
From Grand Forks
- ROBERT EDWIN SWANSONPrivate First Class · October 26, 1965
- MARTIN WILLIAM STEENMajor · May 31, 1966
- CLIFTON EMMET CUSHMANMajor · September 25, 1966
- EUGENE LOUIS LAVOY JRPrivate · March 3, 1967
- GARY WAYNE LINDSAYLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- JAMES CHRISTIAN FREIDTPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- WILLIAM TOD POTTERCaptain · February 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES OLSONPrivate First Class · April 26, 1968
- THOMAS EARL ALDERSONCaptain · October 3, 1968
- MELVIN DENNIS LEMBKEFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 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.