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RICHARD ROBERT MCINTOSH
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 26, 1943 – August 20, 1969
Service recordRichard Robert McIntosh, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 80
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 26, 1943
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 80
- JIMMY LEWIS JONESPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- EDGARDO RAFAEL LATORRECorporal · August 20, 1969
- JOSEPH HENRY MUSSELMANPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- FRANK RODNEY NESTORPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.