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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Richard Francis Maloy.

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RICHARD FRANCIS MALOY

Private First Class · U.S. Army

October 30, 1945 – April 13, 1966

Service record

Richard Francis Maloy, of Ellenville, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 13, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Field Artillery Basic (13A)
Born
October 30, 1945
Home of record
Ellenville, New York (Ulster County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 13, 1966
Age
20
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Died of other causes

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21 names on the Wall carry the date April 13, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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From Ellenville

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.