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RICHARD LINCOLN DESPER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1947 – February 26, 1969
Service recordRichard Lincoln Desper, of Franklin, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 66
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Franklin, Massachusetts (Norfolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 66
- DAVID WOOD DENLINGERPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JIM LEE DICKSONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- ALBERT ERSKINEPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- DENNIS KEITH MILLISONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
From Franklin
- ALAN WAYNE WILLARDSergeant · February 18, 1968
- NICHOLAS S CONAXISPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE E GARRON JRLance Corporal · September 21, 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.