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RICHARD WILLIAM STRAHL
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 28, 1945 – March 2, 1967
Service recordRichard William Strahl, of Glendale, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 5
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Glendale, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 5
- LLOYD ISAAC STEPHENSCorporal · March 2, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY TISSIERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- JOSEPH VIERRAPrivate First Class · March 2, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR WEBBPrivate · March 2, 1967
From Glendale
- EDWIN RAY HIGGINSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1966
- STEPHEN THOMAS HEPNERSecond Lieutenant · May 2, 1967
- JOE EDWARD KINSEYCorporal · December 29, 1967
- SAM FESTIS BEACH JRCaptain · January 17, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD LUCASSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ALBERT MARTINEZ RIZOCorporal · May 12, 1968
- JAMES LEE KRISELLLance Corporal · May 19, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM RASMUSSENPrivate First Class · November 7, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP DIMMERSpecialist Five · December 30, 1969
- JOSE ANGEL SANTA CRUZPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.