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RICHARD LEE MCNEISH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 7, 1945 – October 24, 1967
Service recordRichard Lee McNeish, of Mercer, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 61
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 7, 1945
- Home of record
- Mercer, Pennsylvania (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 61
- WILLIAM ELGIE LESNIKSpecialist Four · October 24, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH MALLON JRSecond Lieutenant · October 24, 1967
- GILBERT GEORGE MARCUMPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- KEITH ALLEN MCENANYPetty Officer Second Class · October 24, 1967
From Mercer
- CARL JAMES FORRESTERSergeant · February 1, 1966
- ALBERT KRISUNAS CHRISTYStaff Sergeant · March 17, 1966
- DAVID ELROY BAUNSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- MILES BRADLEY HEDGLINPrivate First Class · March 25, 1969
- MERLE ROBERT HIGGINSSergeant · June 5, 1969
- MAURICE EDWIN GARRETT JRCaptain · October 22, 1971
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.