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RICHARD LEE POWELL
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
September 14, 1947 – August 29, 1968
Service recordRichard Lee Powell, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 62
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- September 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 62
- HAROLD CARL DAILEY IISecond Lieutenant · August 29, 1968
- MARSHALL W PHILLIPS JRLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- RONALD LEE POWERSCorporal · August 29, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE RANDALLPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 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.