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RICHARD E DREHER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 10, 1942 – March 27, 1972
Service recordRichard E Dreher, of Orrville, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 27, 1972, in Cambodia, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 119
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 40 ARRS MAC
- Born
- January 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Orrville, Ohio (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1972
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1972. In March 1972, 69 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “40 ARRS MAC”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 119
- BILLY JOE HAMMONDPrivate First Class · March 23, 1972
- DENNIS STANLEY PIKELieutenant Commander · March 23, 1972
- JAMES EDWARD WHITTMajor · March 23, 1972
- RAYMOND JACK CROW JRSergeant · March 27, 1972
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JACK CROW JRSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 119
- JAMES MANORSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 120
- DAVID ERIC PANNABECKERCaptain · Panel 2W, Line 120
From Orrville
- JOHN STEVEN MCCONNELLSergeant · November 16, 1967
- DENNIS K FLEMINGCorporal · February 14, 1968
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.