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RICHARD JAMES CARSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1945 – March 20, 1967
Service recordRichard James Carson, of Webster, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Webster, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 119
- EDWARD L BUSHWarrant Officer 1 · March 20, 1967
- GORDON LEONARD CABLESSpecialist Five · March 20, 1967
- CARL ROGER CROSIERCorporal · March 20, 1967
- RICHARD PEREZ CRUZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
From Webster
- PAUL JOHN STOCHAJSergeant · February 23, 1966
- CLAUDE CHARLES BETTYCorporal · October 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH CYRSergeant · January 31, 1968
- PAUL ANTHONY PRZELOMSKISpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- EUGENE PAUL BERESIKMajor · May 31, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · August 8, 1968
- GERARD CORRIVEAUStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1971
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.