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RICHARD JARRETT SEXTON II
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
June 23, 1943 – February 15, 1970
Service recordRichard Jarrett Sexton II, of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 15, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 16
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- June 23, 1943
- Home of record
- Easton, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 16
- CONNIE WAYNE PARRISHSpecialist Four · February 15, 1970
- ROMAN DURAN RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · February 15, 1970
- THEODORE FRANCIS SASFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1970
- SPENCER SMITHPrivate First Class · February 15, 1970
From Easton
- ROBERT ALLEN BUTZFirst Lieutenant · June 26, 1965
- CHESTER EUGENE WORMAN JRLance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLERFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WALTER WALTON HARINGStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GOZDANSecond Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- RICHARD LEE WHITTEKERCaptain · March 27, 1968
- ALBERT SHILLERCorporal · April 2, 1968
- TERRY JAMES RAMPULLALance Corporal · April 16, 1968
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.