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RICHARD GREENSPAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 2, 1947 – November 10, 1968
Service recordRichard Greenspan, of Nutley, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 43
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
- April 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Nutley, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 43
- SAMMY JOE CROSSPetty Officer Third Class · November 10, 1968
- ROBERT DEARHART DREWStaff Sergeant · November 10, 1968
- JOSE GARCIASergeant First Class · November 10, 1968
- EUGENE DONALD HILLCaptain · November 10, 1968
From Nutley
- ARTHUR REGOCorporal · January 26, 1966
- RICHARD STANLEY BATESPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD VANHOUTENPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK HALPINPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- MATTHEW MURICE DWYER JRLance Corporal · February 28, 1968
- ALFRED JOSEPH CRITELLIPrivate First Class · December 11, 1968
- DAVID THOMAS DINAN IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 17, 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.