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RICHARD TREMBLAY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1947 – March 8, 1967
Service recordRichard Tremblay, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 42
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
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- New Brunswick, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 42
- ROBERT LOUIS SMITHCorporal · March 8, 1967
- JOHN F STIRLINGSergeant First Class · March 8, 1967
- ROOSEVELT AMISON JRCorporal · March 9, 1967
- GERALD EDWARD BARTRAMPrivate · March 9, 1967
From New Brunswick
- NED RAYMOND HERROLDCaptain · May 31, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH ANASIEWICZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- GARY LUMPKINPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- ANTHONY CHARLES COFFAROPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR SKILESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- JAMES MINES JRCorporal · April 30, 1967
- FRANKIE ZOLY MOLNARStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
- JOHN ALFONSOLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- MARION MARSHALL HOPKINSCorporal · October 4, 1967
- LINWOOD EARL HYMANPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
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.