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RICHARD MORRI CHAMBERLAIN
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1947 – June 21, 1968
Service recordRichard Morri Chamberlain, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 11
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- April 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 11
- CHARLES PETER BARNESCorporal · June 21, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS BOYERSergeant First Class · June 21, 1968
- JOHNNY DALE CASEYSpecialist Four · June 21, 1968
- UDELL CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.