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RICHARD LOUIS BASINGER
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
November 24, 1942 – May 12, 1967
Service recordRichard Louis Basinger, of Kenton, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 92
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh (7335)
- Born
- November 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Kenton, Ohio (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 92
- JERRY DALE BASNETTCorporal · May 12, 1967
- LEONARD ALLEN BOHNERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD CARMACKSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- DAVID ALAN DYECorporal · May 12, 1967
From Kenton
- RICHARD FRANKLYN LEASESpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE KRAMERSergeant · October 28, 1966
- ROBERT EUGENE STRAHMPrivate First Class · November 17, 1966
- ALBERT LEROY HORNERCorporal · December 27, 1967
- RONALD JAMES SCHARFPrivate First Class · July 27, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD HEALYSergeant · June 8, 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.