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RICHARD NORMAN PAYNE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1945 – July 24, 1966
Service recordRichard Norman Payne, of Topeka, Kansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 24, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 70
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Topeka, Kansas (Shawnee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 24, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 24, 1966; 30 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 70
- SIDNEY JACK MALONE JRLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- CHARLES GLENN MCINTOSHLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- RONDA LEE RAGLINPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
From Topeka
- RALPH GEORGE REDMONDFirst Lieutenant · June 4, 1964
- ALLEN LEE HOLTChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 5, 1965
- DALE K SHAMBAUGHSecond Lieutenant · August 18, 1965
- EUGENE MILLARD JEWELLCaptain · September 4, 1965
- GARY REED PARSONSPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN SASEKCaptain · July 6, 1967
- JEROME GEORGE MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT GENE KIMMELLieutenant Colonel · November 14, 1967
- CARL EUGENE MURRAYSpecialist Four · December 20, 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.