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RICHARD E NYHOF
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
August 12, 1949 – June 18, 1972
Service recordRichard E Nyhof, of Fremont, California, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1972, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 46
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- August 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Fremont, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1972; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên 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.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 46
- FRANK LEROY SETTLELieutenant · June 18, 1972
- ROBERT ALLAN WILSONCaptain · June 18, 1972
- BURR MCBRIDE WILLEYLieutenant Colonel · June 19, 1972
- BURDETTE D TOWNSEND JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 20, 1972
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD MILTON COLE JRTechnical Sergeant · Panel 1W, Line 44
From Fremont
- JESSE ROMERO CASTROPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- CHESTER KEITH NUESSECorporal · March 11, 1967
- STEVE LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- EDWARD ORAN CLAEYSPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- ROBERT BRUCE DEMELLOSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT DUNCANPrivate First Class · September 2, 1967
- THOMAS GERARD BRADYSergeant · November 21, 1967
- JOHN WALLACE JONESLance Corporal · December 6, 1967
- GARY LEE MERIDITHHospitalman · January 2, 1968
- DANIEL ESCOBEDOLance Corporal · January 27, 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.