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RICHARD HAROLD MAIN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 5, 1944 – February 4, 1966
Service recordRichard Harold Main, of Palmyra, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 1
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
- Self-Propelled Artillery (Sparty) Repairer/Technician (2143)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 AT BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 5, 1944
- Home of record
- Palmyra, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 1
- ARDON WILLIAM CARTERSergeant · February 4, 1966
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- STANLEY JAMES THOMPSONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- FRANKIE LEE WALLACESecond Lieutenant · February 4, 1966
From Palmyra
- JEFFERY RONALD SMALLIDGEPrivate First Class · September 15, 1966
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.