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RICHARD ALLEN MOHR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 27, 1950 – March 17, 1970
Service recordRichard Allen Mohr, of Barto, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 14
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Barto, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1970; nine of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 14
- RAY MURPHYSpecialist Four · March 17, 1970
- TRUMAN DENNIS NORRISChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 17, 1970
- ALEXANDER FRANK POTASSergeant · March 17, 1970
- THOMAS LAWRENCE RYANSpecialist Four · March 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT FLOYD DICECorporal · Panel 12W, Line 12
- RAYMOND SIDNEY KIPPSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 13
From Barto
- WILLIAM RAYMOND GENDEBIENFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1965
- TERRY LEE MOSERSpecialist Four · March 12, 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.