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RICHARD SINCAVAGE
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 15, 1946 – December 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Sincavage, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 23
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
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- April 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Elizabeth, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 23
- MARK JAMES OBRIENPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- JOHN CLYDE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- RICHARD LEO ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · December 14, 1968
- AINSLEY CUDIE SIMONSSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1968
From Elizabeth
- CHARLES EARNEST IANNUZZICorporal · August 18, 1965
- DAVID BASHAWPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- MICHAEL PIASCIKCorporal · July 6, 1966
- MANZIE GLOVER JRSpecialist Four · September 19, 1966
- FREDERICK GEORGE WHEELERSergeant First Class · March 22, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES BRADYPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- DENNIS RUTHStaff Sergeant · June 17, 1967
- JOSEPH MAIUROLance Corporal · August 17, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES HOLLANDSergeant First Class · August 18, 1967
- JOHN MICHAEL GALLAGHERCorporal · September 14, 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.