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RICHARD GEORGE ENGELMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 7, 1947 – May 3, 1966
Service recordRichard George Engelman, of Nogales, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Nogales, Arizona (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 19
- RONNIE EUGENE MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- WALTER SUTTON WOODLieutenant Commander · May 2, 1966
- EDDIE RAY DERRITTCorporal · May 3, 1966
- DOUGLAS JACKSONSergeant · May 3, 1966
From Nogales
- SAMUEL LEGLEUSergeant · November 27, 1967
- JOSEPH ROBERT WISEMajor · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT SAAVEDRACommander · April 28, 1968
- MANUEL MENDOZA SIQUEIROSPetty Officer Second Class · July 26, 1968
- SALVADOR LOPEZ NORZAGARAYPrivate First Class · February 26, 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.