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RICHARD ALLAN CHEEK
Seaman · U.S. Navy
March 20, 1946 – September 15, 1967
Service recordRichard Allan Cheek, of Oregon, Illinois, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 15, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- March 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Oregon, Illinois (Ogle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1967; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 74
- WILLIAM TEMEN CHERRY JRSergeant · September 15, 1967
- WILLIAM T DIAMOND JRSeaman · September 15, 1967
- RICHARD E GLAESMANSergeant · September 15, 1967
- WILLIAM HARRIS LITTLEPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM T DIAMOND JRSeaman · Panel 26E, Line 74
- WILLIAM HARRIS LITTLEPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 26E, Line 74
From Oregon
- HARMON S STONE JRCorporal · November 18, 1967
- DELBERT EUGENE HALLSergeant · April 27, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD RIMMERCorporal · May 4, 1970
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.