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RICHARD ANDREW ALM
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1931 – February 1, 1966
Service recordRichard Andrew Alm, of Puyallup, Washington, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 1, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmgr (7308)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMGR 152 1 MAW
- Born
- September 7, 1931
- Home of record
- Puyallup, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VMGR 152 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
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.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 4E, Line 127
- DAVID BARTELS ZIEGLERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- WALTER PETER AUGUSTINASPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN BROWNPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- DILLARD REED BURNLEYPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DONALD LEROY COATESStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 128
- GALEN FRANCIS HUMPHREYGunnery Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 129
- RUSSELL BURR LUKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 130
- ALBERT MICHAEL PREVOSTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 4E, Line 130
- PETER GEORGE VLAHAKOSStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 131
From Puyallup
- STEVEN MARTY SMITHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1966
- LANCE JOSEPH CLEVELANDPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- TIMOTHY E WORKMANSpecialist Five · January 18, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE PETERSENCorporal · October 18, 1967
- GARY HENRY FORSLieutenant Colonel · December 22, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- MARK OWEN CHARETTESergeant · April 6, 1968
- STEVEN MICHAEL MIOTKECorporal · August 17, 1969
- RONALD FRANK HOPKINSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1970
- MARK ALLEN MATTERPrivate First Class · October 1, 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.