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RICHARD FRANKLIN ABSHIRE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 20, 1944 – May 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Franklin Abshire, of Abbeville, Louisiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 44
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
- October 20, 1944
- Home of record
- Abbeville, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 73 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 44
- PAUL LEONARD ABRAHAMCorporal · May 2, 1968
- JAMES SHERWOOD ALLPORTPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RALPH TOMMY ANDERSONLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR ANSELL JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
From Abbeville
- PAUL JOSEPH SIMONPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- EARL J GUILLORYSergeant · May 23, 1968
- DARNELL JOSEPH SONGNEHospitalman · September 17, 1968
- KING DAVID WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- FARRELL JAMES VICESpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
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.