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RICHARD LEE DOOLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 6, 1947 – December 15, 1967
Service recordRichard Lee Dooley, of Coos Bay, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 97
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
- August 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Coos Bay, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 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
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; seven 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 31E, Line 97
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH CUSHENSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- KENNETH RUSSELL DAUSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
From Coos Bay
- MONTY DUWAYNE BUTTONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- GEORGE ALFRED HOLLADAYSergeant · July 15, 1967
- ROBERT ROLAND WATROUSCorporal · August 16, 1967
- EDGAR JOHN UDELLSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- DENNIS CARL SHIVELYLance Corporal · March 24, 1968
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD CAVANAGHPetty Officer Second Class · June 2, 1969
- JAMES RAY MUTHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES STRAUSERSergeant First Class · February 2, 1971
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.