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RICHARD LEE MALONE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 18, 1950 – March 20, 1969
Service recordRichard Lee Malone, of Williamson, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 90
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
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- March 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Williamson, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 90
- TERRY TERUO KAWAMURACorporal · March 20, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE KNOXPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- BILL GREGORY LEESpecialist Four · March 20, 1969
- WILLIAM HAYES MAUTHEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
From Williamson
- FREDERICK CARL WEBBERSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- FRANK KRECLance Corporal · March 2, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD CROWLEYSpecialist Four · August 10, 1970
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.