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RICHARD GALE MANGRUM
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 30, 1948 – January 7, 1968
Service recordRichard Gale Mangrum, of Lynn Haven, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 71
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- September 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Lynn Haven, Florida (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 71
- LLOYD E KNAKECorporal · January 7, 1968
- ARTHUR LEON LAUDERDALESpecialist Five · January 7, 1968
- BLAZE MAGYAR IIICorporal · January 7, 1968
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL MALONEMajor · January 7, 1968
From Lynn Haven
- GARY LEE ALLENWarrant Officer 1 · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT RALPH SIZEMORE JRWarrant Officer 1 · September 9, 1970
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.