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RICHARD LEE JUSTICE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 3, 1948 – July 24, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Justice, of Rome, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 2
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Rome, Georgia (Floyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 July 24, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 2
- JOHN CHARLES LUEBKE JRSpecialist Four · July 24, 1968
- JOSEPH JOHN MILLER JRFirst Lieutenant · July 24, 1968
- LARRY MONTGOMERYSergeant · July 24, 1968
- JOHN VICTOR SARTORPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
From Rome
- WILLIAM WELTON ENGLISH JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM LEE COVINGTONLieutenant · January 7, 1969
- LEROY BOYD WEBBSecond Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY FOWLERHospitalman · May 10, 1967
- THOMAS STEVEN JONESSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- DONALD WAYNE DIXONPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- JOHNNY EDWARD GANTTSergeant · March 26, 1968
- JOHNNY WAYNE SITTENLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- JOHN DAVID GOLLAHONLieutenant (junior grade) · June 30, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.