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RICHARD NED LILLIS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 19, 1946 – December 29, 1966
Service recordRichard Ned Lillis, of Richville, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Richville, Minnesota (Otter Tail County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 98
- BILLY NEAL HARPERSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- RALPH LEE HENDERSONSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- JOHN L HOLSTEINPlatoon Sergeant · December 29, 1966
- ERNEST KELLY JRStaff Sergeant · December 29, 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.