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JON WILLIAM RICH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 22, 1948 – May 21, 1970
Service recordJon William Rich, of Menominee, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Menominee, Michigan (Menominee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 77
- BRUCE JOSEPH NICHOLSSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- JOE DON RAMEYSpecialist Five · May 21, 1970
- WARREN LEE SCANLAN JRSergeant · May 21, 1970
- JAMES LYNN ABLERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD GENE BUSSESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 74
- ROBERT EDWARD GORSKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 75
- WARREN LEE SCANLAN JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 77
From Menominee
- RONALD JOSEPH PHELPSCorporal · November 14, 1967
- WAYNE DAVID JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 4, 1968
- WILLIAM RICHARD ALFREDSONSergeant · April 15, 1970
- WAYNE RICHARD BEBOSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- WILLIAM BENEDICT NOLDEColonel · January 27, 1973
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.