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RICHARD HALL BRIGHT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 6, 1949 – December 14, 1969
Service recordRichard Hall Bright, of Corvallis, Oregon, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 54
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Corvallis, Oregon (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 54
- TIMOTHY JOE MCCREIGHTSpecialist Four · December 13, 1969
- DAVID ALLEN MCINTYRECorporal · December 13, 1969
- WALTER ARNOLD PETERSON JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1969
- GARY THOMAS PHILLIPSSergeant · December 13, 1969
From Corvallis
- THOMAS RICHARD SIEBENSergeant · January 10, 1967
- GEORGE GREART GONSALVESPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE OLIVERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JACK SELWYN IMLAHFirst Lieutenant · August 29, 1968
- WILLIAM LOUIS KINKADECaptain · September 1, 1968
- LARRY ALAN GILLASPIESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- ROBERT F MCCLAFLINLance Corporal · August 13, 1969
- DARRELL GEORGE WOOD JRFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1970
- VERNON EARL SCHROCKCorporal · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT ARTHUR BRETT JRCaptain · September 29, 1972
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.