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RICHARD HUGH MCHAM
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 28, 1947 – December 21, 1967
Service recordRichard Hugh McHam, of Sunland, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 21, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 2 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Sunland, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 38
- JOSE MEDEL MENDOZAPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- DAVID W MILDESecond Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES MOORE JRPrivate · December 21, 1967
- DAVID ROSS MYERSFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1967
From Sunland
- RONALD HARVEY MCNEESPrivate First Class · June 5, 1965
- THOMAS FRANK PRESBYPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- JAMES BOYD ANDERSONSergeant · May 9, 1968
- ROBERT PAUL DEMANUELESergeant · September 16, 1968
- STEPHEN CARL HARRELLSpecialist Four · July 3, 1969
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.