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RICHARD LEE TATE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 15, 1950 – October 23, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee Tate, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 23, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 18
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 15, 1950
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 18
- TIMOTHY JOHN OCONNORPrivate First Class · October 23, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY CLIFFORDFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1970
- WILLIAM MANSON DAULTONLance Corporal · October 24, 1970
- JERRY STEVENSON FORDSpecialist Four · October 24, 1970
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
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.