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RICHARD JOSEPH FEEHERY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 19, 1947 – May 21, 1967
Service recordRichard Joseph Feehery, of Yeadon, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Yeadon, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 73
- TERRY MICHAEL ELSHIRESpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- FRANCISCO JOHN FLORESCorporal · May 21, 1967
- JOEL CAROL FOWLERCorporal · May 21, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS BLAKE DAILYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20E, Line 72
- RONALD EDWARD WISSMANSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 80
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.