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RICK WILLIAM BEZEAU
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 31, 1949 – May 12, 1968
Service recordRick William Bezeau, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 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
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 30
- ROBERT RANDOLPH BEANNERSergeant · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR LEE BEATYStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- IVY LOUIS BLAIRSergeant · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD ALAN BOWERSSergeant · May 12, 1968
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 1966
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.