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RICHARD JEROME VEDDER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1943 – March 17, 1967
Service recordRichard Jerome Vedder, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 103
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 29, 1943
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 103
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- OTTO DALE TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- RICHARD WOLFINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- CLAYTON MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JACK WALTER PETERSONPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.