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RICHARD WILLIAM MARSHALL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 29, 1949 – October 20, 1970
Service recordRichard William Marshall, of Antes Fort, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 20, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Antes Fort, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 12
- JOHN DEWITT DRAKESeaman · October 20, 1970
- TERENCE ARNOLD HANDLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1970
- LARRY WYATT KILGORECorporal · October 20, 1970
- VINCENT R KOTARSKI JRPrivate First Class · October 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD CORNELL GAYSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 11
- TERENCE ARNOLD HANDLEYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 12
- KENNETH MARTIN SCHLIEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 6W, Line 13
- GARY LEE SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 13
- JOSEPH JOHN STOJINSKI JRSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 13
- THOMAS RAY WEISSSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 14
From Antes Fort
- DAVID RICHARD BAKERSergeant · August 21, 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.