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RICHARD JOHN NASHAWATY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 19, 1946 – September 4, 1967
Service recordRichard John Nashawaty, of East Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 107
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Supply Administrative Man - Manual Accounting (3041)
- Born
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- East Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
91 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1967; 41 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 107
- DENNIS ALLEN OMILIANHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- JAMES C OREILLY JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- JAMES EUGENE OWENSSpecialist Four · September 4, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
From East Boston
- LAURENCE NELSON SOUSACorporal · January 15, 1966
- MARTIN L GILLESPIE JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 21, 1966
- ANDREW CHARLES RABAIOTTILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- ALFRED LEON BERTULLILance Corporal · November 5, 1967
- JOHN ARTHUR MCINTOSHPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- PERRY DIBERARDINOCorporal · September 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.