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RICHARD MARC LUBIN
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
December 8, 1947 – January 26, 1969
Service recordRichard Marc Lubin, of Beverly Hills, California, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 86
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- December 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Beverly Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 86
- GARY WAYNE MAYPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN MEYERFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- MICHAEL RONALD MICHELSFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 1969
- WILLIAM RICHARD MOHRHAUSERSpecialist Four · January 26, 1969
From Beverly Hills
- DANIEL JOSEPH BENNETTPetty Officer Third Class · July 17, 1965
- ROBERT SCHUYLER VANDUYNEFirst Sergeant · May 11, 1966
- LAURENCE ALAN INSELSergeant · May 1, 1967
- ANTHONY GORDON HARBORDFirst Lieutenant · January 27, 1969
- RONALD WALSH MCLEANFirst Lieutenant · June 8, 1969
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.