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RICHARD LYNN WILDMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1946 – May 20, 1966
Service recordRichard Lynn Wildman, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1966; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 3 TANK BN 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 92
- WILLIAM FREDRICK WINTERSMajor · May 20, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD ANGESpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BENJAMINPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- HENRY BENTONPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
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.