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RICHARD DALE MCGOVERN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 16, 1947 – May 13, 1968
Service recordRichard Dale McGovern, of Hallock, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Hallock, Minnesota (Kittson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1968; nine of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 28
- PATRICK VICTOR MCNEARNEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- EARL JEFFREY NETZOWSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH NODENSergeant · May 13, 1968
- KENNETH LEE OLSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH LEE OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 59E, Line 28
- CHARLES H SANDBERGSergeant First Class · Panel 60E, Line 2
From Hallock
- MILO STEVEN HOMSTADPetty Officer Third Class · July 4, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID BENGTSONPrivate First Class · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD ARTHUR KNUTSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1973
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.