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RICHARD LEE HATCH
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1930 – January 3, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Hatch, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 3, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- March 28, 1930
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 29
- MORRIS BLAINE JONESSergeant · January 3, 1968
- KENNETH RAY LANCASTERStaff Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- ROBERT RAYMOND LINDBERGHPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS PHILIP MOOREPetty Officer Second Class · January 3, 1968
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.