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RICHARD HAROLD MEHEGAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1944 – March 18, 1969
Service recordRichard Harold Mehegan, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 70
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 70
- JIMMY LEE LARSENSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- WILLARD SPENCER LUNDWarrant Officer 1 · March 18, 1969
- DANNY RAY MACKSpecialist Four · March 18, 1969
- DANNY JOE MAGGARDLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LLOYD BALDWINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 29W, Line 65
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 66
- RAY RAMSEY JOWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 69
- ROBERT A MCINTOSHSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 71
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 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.