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RICK DUANE DEEDS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 30, 1948 – January 20, 1968
Service recordRick Duane Deeds, of Carleton, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 85
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- July 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Carleton, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 85
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEBUSKSergeant · January 20, 1968
- DAVID ANTHONY DECOSTESpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- GARY LAWRENCE ELIACorporal · January 20, 1968
- JOHN ERNEST ESTENPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- EDWARD W TIBBETTSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
From Carleton
- CAREY EDWIN BESTSergeant · January 27, 1966
- MELVIN CARNILLS DYEStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- FRANK RALPH MELL JRPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JAMES JONESPrivate First Class · October 26, 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.