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RICHARD JOSEPH IANIERI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1948 – June 9, 1968
Service recordRichard Joseph Ianieri, of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 10
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 10
- JOHN DAVID STENHOUSELance Corporal · June 7, 1968
- MELTON LAVONE KIDDPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- DONNIE HUGH LITTLECorporal · June 9, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS LOCKERSergeant · June 9, 1968
- BARRY LOWEPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
From Bryn Mawr
- STEPHEN JOHN KINGHORNWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1969
- DAVID JOHN MOYLANPrivate First Class · June 26, 1970
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.