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RICHARD HATHAWAY ARRUDA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1948 – September 12, 1968
Service recordRichard Hathaway Arruda, of Wareham, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 12, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- April 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Wareham, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1968; five 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 44W, Line 34
- DONALD PAUL ABBIEPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- JAMES LINDELL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
- PHILIP KENNETH BAKERStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
- BRIAN PATRICK COLLINSPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
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.