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RICHARD JOHN VASCONCELLOS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 9, 1947 – August 15, 1966
Service recordRichard John Vasconcellos, of Quincy, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 15, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Quincy, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 11
- RAYMOND STEPTOEPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- DONALD L SUMMERSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD TAYLORMajor · August 15, 1966
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
From Quincy
- GEORGE WARREN UNDERWOODSpecialist Four · July 23, 1964
- EDWARD ALAN BRUDNOCaptain · June 3, 1973
- JOHN WILLIAM GRANAHANLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- BRIAN PAUL AHERNLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- CHARLES LAWRENCE BIFOLCHIMajor · January 8, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PITTSPrivate First Class · February 19, 1968
- PAUL VINCENT GRASSOLance Corporal · May 4, 1968
- RICHARD SHIRLEY DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- RALPH JOHN WILLARDWarrant Officer 1 · July 21, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL WALSHSpecialist Four · August 8, 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.