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RICHARD ORDELL LOZENSKI
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 29, 1940 – May 19, 1967
Service recordRichard Ordell Lozenski, of San Mateo, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 46
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
- M60a1 Tank Crewman (1811)
- Born
- October 29, 1940
- Home of record
- San Mateo, California (San Mateo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 19, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 19, 1967; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 46
- CHARLES WILLARD LARMANSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MANCUSOSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MITCHELL JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- GREGORY PHILLIP MOSERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
From San Mateo
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- RICHARD ARTHUR SULLIVANPrivate First Class · January 24, 1966
- JOHN HARRY GRAHAMStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1967
- ALFRED JOSEPH CORNEJOPrivate First Class · August 20, 1967
- GORDON MICHAEL REEVESLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM CARL BURNS JRHospitalman · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE WILLIAM DEKKERSpecialist Four · September 24, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SPINALISpecialist Four · October 15, 1967
- VERNON BARTON RAINSPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- JONATHAN PETER SHAFFERWarrant Officer 1 · December 29, 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.