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RICHARD LYNN JOSSENDAL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 18, 1944 – August 24, 1965
Service recordRichard Lynn Jossendal, of De Kalb, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 18, 1944
- Home of record
- De Kalb, Illinois (De Kalb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The record gives the date and branch of service but not the exact place.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 39
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- JOHN OLIVER ARNNMajor · December 26, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- LOUIS RAYMOND RALEIGHMajor · December 26, 1965
From De Kalb
- DALE CONNARD BREWERLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
- DAVID DONNELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1968
- JIMMIE RAY HARRISONMaster Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JACK MOONAirman · May 28, 1968
- CHARLES FRANCIS LANDERSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- JAMES PHILLIP MASONSpecialist Five · October 17, 1968
- STEVEN GARY WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · July 3, 1971
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.