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RICHARD JOHN REARDON
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
February 24, 1944 – April 28, 1969
Service recordRichard John Reardon, of Huntington, New York, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on April 28, 1969, in Cambodia, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HELATKLTRON 3 DET 3
- Born
- February 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Huntington, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1969. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 73
- KENNETH ERBIE POLKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT REHBERGPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE RHODESPrivate First Class · April 28, 1969
- PHILLIP EDWARD ROTHAR JRSergeant · April 28, 1969
From Huntington
- GEORGE THOMAS VOLLMARPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH KRAUSS JRMajor · June 18, 1967
- FREDRIC WOODROW KNAPPLieutenant (junior grade) · November 2, 1967
- LEO FREDRICK MALONESergeant · April 7, 1968
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM THORPSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
- CHARLES ROECKLLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- CHARLES DEWANN SLAYTONSpecialist Four · May 9, 1970
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.