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RICHARD LEE HADNOT
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 26, 1947 – April 24, 1967
Service recordRichard Lee Hadnot, of Newton, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 24, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 79
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
- June 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Newton, Texas (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 24, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date April 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 79
- RONALD LEE BARBERLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- GARY TWYMAN COWLESPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- HOWARD STANLEY DOMINIAKPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- ARMANDO GALLARDOCorporal · April 24, 1967
From Newton
- TOMMY RAY MEDLEYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- SYLVESTER NELSON JRCorporal · August 6, 1969
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.