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RICHARD BRYAN LINEBERRY
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
September 16, 1946 – September 27, 1972
Service recordRichard Bryan Lineberry, of Horse Shoe, North Carolina, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 27, 1972, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 75 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 75
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- September 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Horse Shoe, North Carolina (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1972; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Nam Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 75
- DANIEL VERNOR BORAH JRLieutenant · September 24, 1972
- PETER CHANSeaman Apprentice · September 25, 1972
- VINCENT CRAIG ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1972
- ROBERT ARTHUR BRETT JRCaptain · September 29, 1972
From Horse Shoe
- LARRY GAY LANCESpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- RICHARD LEE WAYCASTERSergeant · February 19, 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.