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RICHARD JOSEPH DRIVERE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1947 – September 10, 1968
Service recordRichard Joseph Drivere, of New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- New Wilmington, Pennsylvania (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 16
- MICHAEL J ROWCROFTSpecialist Four · August 27, 1968
- REX ALLEN DAVISCorporal · September 10, 1968
- CARREL GORUM EALUMSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- PATRICK DENNIS FAYSpecialist Four · September 10, 1968
- WILLIAM RAYMOND GASTPrivate First Class · September 10, 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.