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RICHARD RAY BIGLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 17, 1945 – November 22, 1965
Service recordRichard Ray Bigley, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 22, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 106
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 1 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1965; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 106
- DENNIS LEROY TOMSAirman Apprentice · November 21, 1965
- BARRY FRANK ANDERSENPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- MICHAEL AUGUST BERINGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- GUST CALLIVASSergeant First Class · November 22, 1965
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 1966
- KARL DAVID SOBOLIKCaptain · November 26, 1966
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.