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RICHARD JOSEPH PAYNE
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 20, 1947 – December 20, 1967
Service recordRichard Joseph Payne, of Quasqueton, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 20, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 32
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
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Quasqueton, Iowa (Buchanan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 32
- RICHARD FREDERICK GITTINGERTechnical Sergeant · December 20, 1967
- JEREMIAH D MCGARRYWarrant Officer 1 · December 20, 1967
- MORRIS GENE MCPHAILSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
- FRANK GEORGE MICHULKASpecialist 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.