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RICHARD MICHAEL SENG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1949 – May 8, 1968
Service recordRichard Michael Seng, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 10
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
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Allentown, Pennsylvania (Lehigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1968; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 10
- JAMES SAMUEL SINGLETARYSpecialist Four · May 8, 1968
- CARL WILLIAM SPARROWPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- MICHAEL HENRY STEWARTCorporal · May 8, 1968
- WOODROE WARREN WARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1968
From Allentown
- HUGH JOHN SULLIVAN JRSergeant · June 5, 1965
- ROBERT LEE HIRSTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- PAUL WILLIAM JANDERSHOVITZSergeant First Class · December 25, 1965
- KENNETH RALPH HOLLENBACHLance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- GARY WILLIAM GARISSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- VICTOR EUGENE KUHNSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- WILBUR THOMAS STAIRMajor · January 25, 1967
- PAUL CARLING HUNTERSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- GORDON EDWARD STOUDTLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
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.