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RICHARD RAYMOND BEAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 13, 1943 – May 9, 1967
Service recordRichard Raymond Bean, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 69
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)
- Born
- May 13, 1943
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1967; 25 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 69
- JOHN EDWARD YOUNGLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- DANIEL STEPHEN BETTENCOURTCorporal · May 9, 1967
- GARY RICHARD BUTTENBAUMPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- THOMAS JOSEPH CASEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- FOSTER BISHOP MILLERCorporal · September 4, 1967
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.