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RICHARD THOMAS WARNER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 9, 1949 – April 6, 1969
Service recordRichard Thomas Warner, of Hillsville, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 6, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 27
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Hillsville, Virginia (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 27
- JOHN WILLIE BLACKWELLSpecialist Five · April 6, 1969
- LEO JOE SCHROLLER JRCorporal · April 6, 1969
- GLENN WILLIAM THOMASLance Corporal · April 6, 1969
- DAVID ROGER WIGGINSSergeant · April 6, 1969
From Hillsville
- CLIFFORD JERRY EARNHARDTSpecialist Four · April 13, 1970
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.