The Wall › Panel 9E › Florida › Richard James Currier JR
RICHARD JAMES CURRIER JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 2, 1944 – July 24, 1966
Service recordRichard James Currier JR, of Ft Lauderdale, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 66
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Lauderdale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 66
- GEORGE EDWARD COREYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- OSCAR CRUZPrivate · July 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD DANIELSPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD DENNYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
From Ft Lauderdale
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JAMES ROBERT TAYLORPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- JOHN H MINCEYPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND SCOTTSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- EARL KENNETH TYNESSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- ARTHUR HARRY FIKEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1966
- BRUCE ALLAN TIMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- FREDERICK MONOTT BONANNOSpecialist Five · January 29, 1967
- ALLEN DE-NICOLAStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1967
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.