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RICHARD JOHN SASEK
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1937 – July 6, 1967
Service recordRichard John Sasek, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 23
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
- February 8, 1937
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 6, 1967
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 6, 1967; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 23
- DARRYL ELDRIDGE SAUNDERSLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN SLATTERYLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN SULLIVANSergeant · July 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- RICHARD NORMAN PAYNELance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
- CARL EUGENE MURRAYSpecialist Four · December 20, 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.