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RICHARD LEE NUZIARD
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1935 – November 8, 1965
Service recordRichard Lee Nuziard, of Mishawaka, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 35
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle (Aav) Repairer/Technician (2141)
- Born
- July 28, 1935
- Home of record
- Mishawaka, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1965
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 35
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- STEVE ORRIS IIIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JERRY LEE POTTERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JAMES SOBOTAPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
From Mishawaka
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- HARDY WESLEY STEBBINS JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL CHAMBERSSergeant · September 17, 1967
- MARK ANTHONY RIGGLECorporal · October 7, 1967
- PAUL AARON YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
- JAMES BARRY GARDPrivate · May 6, 1968
- STEPHEN DWAYNE MCGEELance Corporal · May 9, 1968
- DENNIS EVERETT MORGANCorporal · August 23, 1968
- LEO NEAL KRYSKESergeant First Class · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN HEITGERPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
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.