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RICHARD MILLAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1950 – August 13, 1969
Service recordRichard Millan, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 13, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 32
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 32
- LESTER ALAN HANSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 13, 1969
- GARY EDWARD MARXMILLERStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1969
- CHARLES CROCKETT MATTHEWSSergeant · August 13, 1969
- THOMAS JAMES MENDENHALLCorporal · August 13, 1969
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.