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RICHARD JOHN BEHRNS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1946 – July 23, 1967
Service recordRichard John Behrns, of Spring Grove, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 23, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 108
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
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Spring Grove, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 108
- CURTIS RAY MCLAWHORNSergeant · July 22, 1967
- HEINZ ARNOLD TAPIOSergeant · July 22, 1967
- WILLIAM SAMPSON WHITECorporal · July 22, 1967
- CHARLES ARTHUR BARRETT IIFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 1967
From Spring Grove
- DANIEL ARNOLD MAYSpecialist Five · June 17, 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.