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RICHARD HUGH SAVIEO
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1948 – August 25, 1970
Service recordRichard Hugh Savieo, of Fostoria, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 6
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Fostoria, Ohio (Wood County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 6
- CHARLES HENRY MEAKINSSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- DORSEY MINCEY IIISpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- JACK MOSS JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1970
- TERRELL LEE RAWLINSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 25, 1970
From Fostoria
- GERALD LYNN GASSMANSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- LARRY WARREN STULLPetty Officer Third Class · February 6, 1968
- NORMAN JOSEPH ERBLANDSergeant · March 2, 1968
- ROBERT CLOYCE HAMPSHIRESpecialist Four · April 17, 1968
- DAVID EUGENE DEVINEPetty Officer Second Class · May 5, 1968
- RAYMOND NEAL MCINTYREPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ROGER KENNETH DRAKEPrivate First Class · October 23, 1968
- ALAN REED RADERCorporal · December 28, 1969
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.