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RICHARD RAY MACHUT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 3, 1946 – June 17, 1968
Service recordRichard Ray Machut, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 17, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 14
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
- July 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 14
- LUIS GARCIA GONZALES JRCorporal · June 17, 1968
- RONALD JAY LOCKHARTPrivate · June 17, 1968
- VERNELL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- JOSEPH WALTER RICHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.