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RICHARD W HELLARD JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1947 – August 4, 1968
Service recordRichard W Hellard JR, of Beverly, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 8
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Beverly, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 8
- JAMES ISIAH FOWLER JRSergeant · August 4, 1968
- JOHNNY EARL FRISKPrivate First Class · August 4, 1968
- MORRIS ELIOT HOLCMANSpecialist Four · August 4, 1968
- ALLEN PAUL HOUCKCorporal · August 4, 1968
From Beverly
- JOSEPH EDWARD CANDEASSergeant · August 25, 1966
- JOHN MICHAEL GLASSERLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- FRANK JAMES GALLANTStaff Sergeant · June 1, 1967
- ALFRED JOHN SMALLSergeant · November 24, 1968
- BRIAN ANDREW HUBISFirst Lieutenant · August 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.