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NEAL OLIN RICHEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1936 – October 20, 1965
Service recordNeal Olin Richey, of Holyoke, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 20, 1965, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- January 19, 1936
- Home of record
- Holyoke, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 20, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date October 20, 1965; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 128
- FRANKLIN DOUGLAS RACINESpecialist Five · October 20, 1965
- WILLIAM KATHMAN BARRETTFirst Lieutenant · October 21, 1965
- MICHAEL EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · October 21, 1965
- JOSEF S HUWYLERWarrant Officer 1 · October 21, 1965
From Holyoke
- LEONARD LEE KASTERFirst Lieutenant · August 6, 1964
- STANLEY P KIERZEKSpecialist Five · July 20, 1965
- ROBERT GEORGE BOUSQUETCorporal · August 18, 1965
- DAVID LEE OWENSLance Corporal · October 5, 1966
- THOMAS MARTIN SEKLECKISpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAYMOND BROWNPetty Officer Second Class · August 5, 1967
- GEORGE DONALD LACUS JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1967
- DONALD ARTHUR LABONTEHospitalman · February 28, 1968
- VINCENT OWEN MCCANN JRCorporal · December 26, 1969
- CLAYTON KENNETH HOUGH JRLance Corporal · February 22, 1969
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.