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RICHARD JAMES REGAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 5, 1940 – August 11, 1965
Service recordRichard James Regan, of New Haven, Connecticut, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 11, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 50
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- December 5, 1940
- Home of record
- New Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 50
- PAUL ANTHONY DEVERSLance Corporal · August 10, 1965
- LESLIE IAN HILDENBRANDCorporal · August 10, 1965
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MAILHESLieutenant (junior grade) · August 10, 1965
- LAVELLE MILLARD NOBLESSergeant · August 11, 1965
From New Haven
- EVERETT LEE ANDERSONSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT ARNOLD TILLQUISTSpecialist Four · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEGLIO JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1965
- ANTHONY GIANELLIPrivate First Class · January 18, 1966
- HENRY LEE WHALEYCorporal · March 30, 1966
- ALEXANDER J MCGLOTHLINLance Corporal · April 13, 1966
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PECORA JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JOHN HAROLD RABERCorporal · July 1, 1966
- SAMUEL WALTER BREWERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- JAMES AURTHUR DANIELSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
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.