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RICHARD JOSEPH MALLON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
September 28, 1942 – November 11, 1969
Service recordRichard Joseph Mallon, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on November 11, 1969, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1135A)
- Born
- September 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 11, 1969
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1969. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 76
- ROBERT JOSEPH PANEK SRLieutenant Colonel · November 5, 1969
- FRANK DODGE MADRIDSpecialist Four · January 28, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH POLLACKCorporal · January 28, 1970
- WILLIAM DAVID PRUETTSenior Master Sergeant · January 28, 1970
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.