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RICHARD GREENE MADDOX
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1936 – September 23, 1968
Service recordRichard Greene Maddox, of Cupertino, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 23, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 69
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Cupertino, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 69
- ROBERT WILLIAM HARRISLieutenant · September 23, 1968
- ALLAN FRED KOEBERNICKStaff Sergeant · September 23, 1968
- DENNIS WILLIAM KOSEBASpecialist Five · September 23, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MAISANOPrivate First Class · September 23, 1968
From Cupertino
- PATRICK LOUIS OTTCaptain · October 2, 1967
- ALVIN JOHN WESOLOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- LARRY JACK CLANTONCaptain · March 23, 1968
- KENNETH RAY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD ALLAN SKAGGSCorporal · June 18, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM BOWENPrivate First Class · November 9, 1968
- LEONARD MICHAEL GOMOLICKEPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- DANIEL GROVER DYESpecialist Five · October 22, 1971
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.