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RICHARD HISAO TOMA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 19, 1946 – March 5, 1967
Service recordRichard Hisao Toma, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 25
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 25
- GERALD RONALD THOMPSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- KENNETH WAYNE WELLSSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- JOE ALAN WHITBYSergeant · March 5, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE WHITEPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.