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RICHARD LOUIS PROSTELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1946 – July 17, 1968
Service recordRichard Louis Prostell, of Chesapeake, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Chesapeake, Virginia (Chesapeake (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 43
- LARRY ALLEN GARRISONPrivate · July 17, 1968
- ISAAC DE VAND HAMPTONCorporal · July 17, 1968
- ROBERT DALE HAZLETTLance Corporal · July 17, 1968
- DOUGLAS ALLEN HENNINGPrivate · July 17, 1968
From Chesapeake
- WILLIAM H COBURNPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- KERMIT ANTHONY RAYLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- FRED VINCENT LEELance Corporal · June 1, 1967
- DEWEY ALLEN MIDGETTPrivate · November 25, 1967
- LOUIS FRANKLIN STAPLESLance Corporal · February 5, 1968
- JAMES GUERDON SIGNETTSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- ELBERT ELISAH COX JRSergeant · May 1, 1968
- JOHN HENERY DIXONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
- HENRY LARRY GOFFSergeant · May 25, 1968
- CLEM SPENCER LOWERY JRSergeant · May 30, 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.