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RICHARD RALPH KUCERA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1947 – December 7, 1967
Service recordRichard Ralph Kucera, of Lewistown, Montana, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 59
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
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Lewistown, Montana (Fergus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 59
- THOMAS ANTHONY MCDERMOTTCorporal · December 7, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN MCKENZIEPrivate · December 7, 1967
- LARRY DUANE METCALFSpecialist Four · December 7, 1967
- RICHARD D OSBORNSergeant First Class · December 7, 1967
From Lewistown
- DENNIS LEE CASEYCorporal · June 18, 1967
- GLEE ROY LIGHTLance Corporal · May 7, 1968
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.