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RICHARD EARL MEHL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 7, 1947 – December 19, 1967
Service recordRichard Earl Mehl, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 25
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)
- A TRP 17 CAV 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 25
- ANTHONY RALPH MANTOUVALESSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- GREGORY MCCRAYSergeant · December 19, 1967
- WILLIE CHARLES MCNAIRStaff Sergeant · December 19, 1967
- EUGENE MILEYPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
From Mansfield
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
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.