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RICHARD GALE BILOTTA
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 20, 1943 – January 30, 1966
Service recordRichard Gale Bilotta, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 30, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 118
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 20, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 118
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- LARRY OVEID JULIAN BOOTYCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID JOHN BUDKACorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.