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RICHARD D MASSARI
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 9, 1942 – June 12, 1970
Service recordRichard D Massari, of Hamburg, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 12, 1970, in Thailand, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Hamburg, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 48
- TERRY LEE MORELANDSpecialist Four · June 12, 1970
- CARL MITCHELL REYNOLDSPrivate · June 12, 1970
- DANNY RAY SCHMIDTSpecialist Four · June 12, 1970
- DAVID DARRELL SNOVERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1970
From Hamburg
- JOEL ANDREW BROWNPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- HERBERT CHARLES RICECaptain · March 29, 1967
- ALLEN KENNETH DEARDENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- JAMES IRVING BUCHNERSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- MICHAEL JOHN SWIECZKOWSKISergeant · May 20, 1968
- RONALD LAWRENCE SHATTUCKSergeant · December 30, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES KEELERSergeant · December 1, 1969
- DENNIS PATRICK CALLAGHANCorporal · May 6, 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.