Marine Sergeant Richard Morri Chamberlain, age: 21 years, 1 month, 23 days, was from Wilmington, Delaware.
He served with Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III MAF in Radio communications as a Wireman.
During operation LZ Torch, in the early morning hours of June 11, 1968, near Khe Sanh, Charlie Battery came under heavy motar and automatic weapons with small arms fire from the North Vietnamese Army.
Sergeant Richard Morri Chamberlain was "Killed In Action" while doing his duties from an explosive device in the Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam and was decorated with a Purple Heart.
Richard is honored on Panel 55W, Row 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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He served with Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III MAF in Radio communications as a Wireman.
During operation LZ Torch, in the early morning hours of June 11, 1968, near Khe Sanh, Charlie Battery came under heavy motar and automatic weapons with small arms fire from the North Vietnamese Army.
Sergeant Richard Morri Chamberlain was "Killed In Action" while doing his duties from an explosive device in the Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam and was decorated with a Purple Heart.
Richard is honored on Panel 55W, Row 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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Marine Sergeant Richard Morri Chamberlain, age: 21 years, 1 month, 23 days, was from Wilmington, Delaware.
He served with Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III MAF in Radio communications as a Wireman.
During operation LZ Torch, in the early morning hours of June 11, 1968, near Khe Sanh, Charlie Battery came under heavy motar and automatic weapons with small arms fire from the North Vietnamese Army.
Sergeant Richard Morri Chamberlain was "Killed In Action" while doing his duties from an explosive device in the Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam and was decorated with a Purple Heart.
Richard is honored on Panel 55W, Row 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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He served with Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III MAF in Radio communications as a Wireman.
During operation LZ Torch, in the early morning hours of June 11, 1968, near Khe Sanh, Charlie Battery came under heavy motar and automatic weapons with small arms fire from the North Vietnamese Army.
Sergeant Richard Morri Chamberlain was "Killed In Action" while doing his duties from an explosive device in the Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam and was decorated with a Purple Heart.
Richard is honored on Panel 55W, Row 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
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