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RICHARD JAMES HASTREITER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1947 – December 14, 1966
Service recordRichard James Hastreiter, of Rome City, Indiana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 14, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 44
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
- May 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Rome City, Indiana (Noble County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1966; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 44
- KEITH ONEIL ELLEDGEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- WALTER EDWIN HERRMANN IIILance Corporal · December 14, 1966
- GERALD ALLAN HOLMANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 14, 1966
- WALTER HOLT JONES IIHospitalman · December 14, 1966
From Rome City
- JOHNIE MICHAEL HENNINGERPrivate First Class · June 6, 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.