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RICHARD GORDON PIXLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1949 – July 20, 1968
Service recordRichard Gordon Pixley, of Franklinville, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 20
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Franklinville, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 20
- TERRY LEE MCNEARCorporal · July 20, 1968
- DAVID JAMES OHMSergeant · July 20, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD OTOOLE JRSpecialist Five · July 20, 1968
- ROBERT DALE RYANLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
From Franklinville
- DUANE A WAKLEESpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- ALBERT EDUARDO RODRIGUEZCaptain · March 11, 1968
- WARREN NELSON CHAPMANSergeant · June 24, 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.