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RICHARD DANIEL WIEHR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 6, 1950 – January 21, 1973
Service recordRichard Daniel Wiehr, of Mankato, Minnesota, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 21, 1973, in North Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 111
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
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Electronics Technician (AT)
- Unit (as recorded)
- TEW SQ 130 DET 4 USS RANGER CVA 61
- Born
- September 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Mankato, Minnesota (Blue Earth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1973
- Age
- 22
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1973. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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 1W, Line 111
- PAUL ANTHONY GUIDAPrivate First Class · January 10, 1973
- JAMES DALE FARMERTechnical Sergeant · January 16, 1973
- KEITH ALLEN CHRISTOPHERSENLieutenant (junior grade) · January 21, 1973
- CHARLES LESLIE PARKER JRLieutenant Commander · January 21, 1973
From Mankato
- SAMUEL LEE REEDStaff Sergeant · July 15, 1966
- LARRY ALLEN DORINGSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK OTOOLE JRCaptain · December 12, 1967
- ERIC R KOEPPENWarrant Officer 1 · July 11, 1968
- GERALD DUANE SACKCorporal · July 30, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GAGNIERSergeant · September 11, 1968
- EDWARD LEWIS HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
- DANIEL WILLIAM LLOYDSecond Lieutenant · March 13, 1969
- THOMAS GEORGE MANDERFELDSpecialist Four · April 10, 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.