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RICHARD LANSING ZICHEK
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 15, 1944 – July 15, 1965
Service recordRichard Lansing Zichek, of Lincoln, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 15, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 38
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 15, 1944
- Home of record
- Lincoln, Nebraska (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 15, 1965
- 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
Four names on the Wall carry the date July 15, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 38
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- PATRICK SPIKER JRStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1965
- DARYL LAVERNE KEENPetty Officer Third Class · July 16, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH BENNETTPetty Officer Third Class · July 17, 1965
From Lincoln
- LEE DAVID ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1966
- HARVEY LEROY ENGELPetty Officer First Class · March 11, 1966
- JOHN A MCCURDYCaptain · April 15, 1966
- PHILIP NEIL MADDOXSergeant · May 28, 1966
- JOHN ERNEST JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LARRY LEE FONTAINEPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH RI BRANSTROMHospitalman · December 8, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- CLARENCE ALFRED KIMMPrivate First Class · March 13, 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.