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RICHARD JOHN WOLCHESKI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1946 – February 28, 1966
Service recordRichard John Wolcheski, of East Haven, Connecticut, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 28, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 5, 1946
- Home of record
- East Haven, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 89
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- ANDY MCGUIRE JRLance Corporal · February 28, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOSE TORRESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
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.