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RICHARD LEE EHNES
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – March 21, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee Ehnes, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 21, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 29
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 21, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 29
- RONALD LEE CREAGERLance Corporal · March 21, 1970
- STEPHEN ARTHUR GOLSHSergeant · March 21, 1970
- DAVID GONZALESSergeant · March 21, 1970
- CLIFFORD NEWTON GREENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS JOSEPH BARBARIASergeant · Panel 12W, Line 28
- GARY JOE BARNETTCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 28
- STEPHEN ARTHUR GOLSHSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 29
- JOHN THOMAS GUTEKUNSTSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 30
- ROBERT STANLEY RICHMONDCaptain · Panel 12W, Line 31
- JOHN PAUL WANTOStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 32
- RONALD WAYNE WILLIAMSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 32
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 1968
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.