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RUSSELL LLOYD EQUI
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1944 – January 26, 1969
Service recordRussell Lloyd Equi, of Easton, Connecticut, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 83
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle (Aav) Officer (I) (1803)
- Born
- November 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Easton, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 83
- JOHN ALEX BOYLECorporal · January 26, 1969
- CHARLES DOUGLAS DRYSDALEPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
- WILLARD JAMES EVANSSergeant · January 26, 1969
- JORGE LUIS GUZMAN-PAGANPrivate First Class · January 26, 1969
From Easton
- RONALD ALAN GILLYPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
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.