Home of Record: Saugus
Date of Birth: February 2, 1985
High School: Saugus High School

Service: United States Marine Corps
Rank: Lance Corporal
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Unit: 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force
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Based: Marine Corps Base Hawaii
Supporting: Operation Iraqi Freedom

Incident Date: October 24, 2004
Casualty Date: October 24, 2004
Age at Loss: 19
Location: Abu Ghraib, Baghdad, Iraq
Remains: Eternal Valley Memorial Park, Newhall

Narrative: LCpl Richard P. Slocum of Saugus joined the Marine Corps right out of high school and served in a combat role with the 3rd Marine Division in Iraq. At age 19, he was killed while manning a machine gun in the turret of a Humvee when it accidentally crashed while trying to avoid a barrier near Abu Gharib, Iraq, on October 24, 2004. LCpl Slocum is buried at Eternal Valley Cemetery in Newhall, Calif.