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RICHARD IRVING BORNHEIMER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 5, 1947 – August 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Irving Bornheimer, of Newark, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 48
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Newark, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 48
- RONALD CHARLES BAKEWELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- RONALD NORMAN BLOOMSergeant · August 2, 1968
- BRUCE EDWARD CLOUGHPrivate First Class · August 2, 1968
- DAVID CHAUNCEY CRANELance Corporal · August 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WARREN ARVIDSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 50W, Line 47
- RONALD CHARLES BAKEWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 50W, Line 48
From Newark
- JAMES ALFRED MARSHALLFirst Lieutenant · June 18, 1965
- ELWOOD D COVEY JRSergeant · December 29, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT MARSHPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- JAMES FRANK POTTERSergeant · August 2, 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.