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RICHARD JOHN MOSLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1946 – January 27, 1967
Service recordRichard John Mosley, of Albany, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Albany, New York (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 87
- STEVE WILLIAM KINGHAMMERCorporal · January 27, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- J C NABORSMajor · January 27, 1967
- NICHOLAS LEON NAVARROSergeant · January 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH PHILLIP ARRINGTONPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 84
- JOHN FRANCIS BANKOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 84
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 85
- LEROY W PEAGLERSergeant · Panel 14E, Line 88
From Albany
- THOMAS JAMES BERGINCaptain · March 14, 1964
- THEODORE R LOESCHNER JRMajor · April 24, 1965
- KEITH ROBERT KNOTTSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- ROBERT GEORGE BURRELLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- WILLIAM M VANANTWERP JRCaptain · September 16, 1967
- FRANK MELECAPrivate First Class · October 12, 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.