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RICHARD PAUL SPEAKMAN JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 25, 1949 – June 26, 1969
Service recordRichard Paul Speakman JR, of Williamsport, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 20
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Williamsport, Ohio (Pickaway County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- 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
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 20
- JOHN THOMAS RYANSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- JAMES EVERRTTE SHORTLance Corporal · June 26, 1969
- ROGER LEE SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · June 26, 1969
- RAFAEL GABRIEL TENORIOSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
From Williamsport
- FRANKLIN ELLWOOD SOLLARSPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- PAUL AARON STONESergeant · January 14, 1969
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.