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CHARLES RAY RICH
Airman · U.S. Navy
July 24, 1948 – July 29, 1967
Service recordCharles Ray Rich, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 29, 1967, in North Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 41
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnanceman (AO)
- Born
- July 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Mountain Grove, Missouri (Wright County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
184 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 41
- JOHN MARK PRUNERPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- EDDIE LEROY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- JERRY PAUL RODGERSPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROLANDStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1967
From Mountain Grove
- FLOYD NICKOLAS THOMANSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
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.