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RICHARD LEE RISH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1945 – May 26, 1970
Service recordRichard Lee Rish, of Mason City, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Mason City, Iowa (Cerro Gordo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970; two of them were lost in Ba Xugen Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 106
- ROBERT EUGENE SCOTTCorporal · May 26, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD WALKER JRSergeant First Class · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WILLIAM SCULLYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 105
- GEORGE EDWARD WALKER JRSergeant First Class · Panel 10W, Line 106
- CURTIS WHITTEDCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 107
From Mason City
- NICKOLAS RAY KOEHLERLance Corporal · May 8, 1965
- JACK LLEWELLYN JAMESPrivate First Class · February 19, 1966
- GLENN RAYMOND MORRISON JRLieutenant Colonel · October 26, 1966
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JOHN HOLGER WRISBERG IIISpecialist Four · January 16, 1968
- RICHARD LEE CULLENFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- LLOYD HARMSPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- GEORGE JOHNSONCorporal · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ALLEN SCHROEDERPrivate First Class · May 11, 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.