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RICHARD WILLIAM BOND
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1944 – March 8, 1966
Service recordRichard William Bond, of Winchester, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 129
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Winchester, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1966
- 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
Five names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 129
- JERDY ALBERT WRIGHT JRColonel · October 31, 1965
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- THOMAS EARL CONNERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1966
- PETER SPENCER CONNORStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1966
From Winchester
- FRANCIS JOHN MURACOCorporal · November 23, 1967
- GEORGE CAMPBELLSergeant · March 24, 1968
- RONALD PAUL ZENGASergeant · January 3, 1969
- PHILIP BENJAMIN GOODWINSpecialist Four · February 5, 1970
- WILLARD SPARKS CANNON IIIChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 29, 1970
- STEPHEN BRADFORD EMERYFirst Lieutenant · May 4, 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.