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RICHARD LANCE NOTTINGHAM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 11, 1950 – March 28, 1969
Service recordRichard Lance Nottingham, of La Puente, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 73
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- February 11, 1950
- Home of record
- La Puente, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 73
- CARL DAVID NALLCorporal · March 28, 1969
- DANA EDWARD NELSONCorporal · March 28, 1969
- PAUL ARTHUR NELSONStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1969
- MICHAEL LOUIS POGGISergeant · March 28, 1969
From La Puente
- TERRANCE RICHARD LYLEPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- JOE ARREGUINPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- PETER JAN FILIPIAKCorporal · February 25, 1968
- ROBERT GENE FISHERPetty Officer First Class · March 18, 1968
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · March 29, 1968
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- LEWIS JOHN YOUNGPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- FRED GEORGE LOSEL JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.