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RICHARD KEITH SOMERS
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 25, 1934 – February 25, 1971
Service recordRichard Keith Somers, of Northville, Michigan, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 25, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 6
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- September 25, 1934
- Home of record
- Northville, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1971
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 6
- PETER MITCHELL LOPEZ JRSpecialist Four · February 25, 1971
- LUIS A QUINONES-RODRIQUEZPrivate · February 25, 1971
- RICHARD LENARD HAMILTONPrivate First Class · February 26, 1971
- ROY LYNN PETTYSergeant · February 26, 1971
From Northville
- RICHARD EDWARD CRONKPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- GERALD ALLAN HOLMANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 14, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN STRANGEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT ARTHUR GREGORYSergeant First Class · September 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN REGENHARDT JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.