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RICHARD JAMES GAFFANEY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 23, 1948 – July 13, 1968
Service recordRichard James Gaffaney JR, of Fargo, North Dakota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Fargo, North Dakota (Cass County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 22
- RONALD RAY COECorporal · July 13, 1968
- ROBERT CREECH JRSergeant First Class · July 13, 1968
- AUGUST EMIL CZERWONKACaptain · July 13, 1968
- ISAAC RAY DRAUGHONLance Corporal · July 13, 1968
From Fargo
- JON ALFRED GREENLEYFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1966
- GERALD LEE LARSONSpecialist Five · February 5, 1967
- PAUL HARVEY WOLOSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- STEPHEN JOHN EICHELBERGERLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- MURRAY DEAN VIDLERPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- RONALD DALE BONDMajor · March 11, 1968
- DAVID JON NESSETFirst Lieutenant · April 19, 1968
- THOMAS JOHN BEYERMajor · July 30, 1968
- WENDELL RICHARD KELLERColonel · March 1, 1969
- DAVID ARLEN WALDERACaptain · April 2, 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.