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RICHARD HAROLD MCGUIRE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1950 – July 15, 1969
Service recordRichard Harold McGuire, of San Jose, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · 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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 8, 1950
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 1
- JAMES HOWARD LEESpecialist Four · July 15, 1969
- KENNETH JOHN MEULEBROECKCorporal · July 15, 1969
- TEDDY EUGENE MIDDLETONCorporal · July 15, 1969
- DENNIS EARL NEWMANFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1969
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.