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RICHARD WALTER KANONCZYK
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 15, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordRichard Walter Kanonczyk, of Erie, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 35
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 35
- DAVID ALLEN JONESCorporal · May 1, 1968
- LARRY DEAN KELLEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- DENNIS D LAWVERSergeant · May 1, 1968
- LAWRENCE JAMES MERSCHELPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
From Erie
- RONALD ROBERT MARTINStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JACK LEE NEIDRICKLance Corporal · March 17, 1966
- LEONARD IRA HENRYSergeant · May 6, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KENNEDY JRCaptain · June 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM HILLPrivate First Class · July 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH IGNASIAKPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- DONALD ROY OSWALDGunnery Sergeant · December 23, 1966
- FRANK CARL SUVARA JRPrivate First Class · January 14, 1967
- JOSEPH EDWARDSSergeant · January 19, 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.