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RICHARD JOHN SADICK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1946 – January 24, 1969
Service recordRichard John Sadick, of Independence, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 72
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Independence, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 72
- GLENN HASKELL ROLLINSSergeant · January 24, 1969
- RAYMOND WALTER SULLIVANSpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
- JOHN OLIVIO TAFOYASpecialist Four · January 24, 1969
- PAUL FRANCIS TERSTEEGEStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1969
From Independence
- DALE ARDEN WAIDSergeant · October 2, 1966
- FREDERICK JAMES LECHAKSergeant First Class · June 14, 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.