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RICHARD PAUL LONG
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1949 – July 11, 1968
Service recordRichard Paul Long, of Ashland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 15
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Ashland, Ohio (Ashland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 15
- JIMMY LEE GOLDENPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- GEORGE W HAMILTON JRSergeant · July 11, 1968
- ERIC R KOEPPENWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1968
- JOHN JAY MICHELSPetty Officer Third Class · July 11, 1968
From Ashland
- ROGER DEAN ADAMSLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- LARRY WAYNE KANEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ELDON JOHN KIRKPATRICK JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- JAMES STEPHENSPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- KENNETH RICHARD HEIFNERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- EARL ERNEST ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- JEFFREY CHARLES KEETLECorporal · March 23, 1971
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.