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RICHARD MCGREGOR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 7, 1949 – October 14, 1967
Service recordRichard McGregor, of Woodside, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Woodside, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 5
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- EDWARD JUNIOR SIMONSCorporal · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT REDDINGTON VAUGHANLieutenant Commander · October 14, 1967
- RICHARD D WHALENSpecialist Five · October 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WESLEY BIRDSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 106
- ROBERT JAMES BURROUGHSSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 107
- DONALD CHARLES HANSEN JRSpecialist Five · Panel 28E, Line 1
- GLENN EUGENE LUHNOWPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 2
- JOSEPH WILDER PRANGEPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 4
- LAWRENCE ADAM WOJCIKPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 6
From Woodside
- THOMAS JOSEPH HANLEYPrivate First Class · November 1, 1964
- RAYMOND CELESTEMajor · November 22, 1965
- GEORGE ANTHONY CANNATA JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- FRANK DEMARCHI JRPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- FERNANDO LUIS TORRES JRPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES CRABB MCINTOSHLieutenant Colonel · December 21, 1966
- BERNARD ANTHONY FREYNELance Corporal · March 10, 1967
- JAMES JOSEPH OWENSCorporal · April 21, 1967
- FELIX F SOTOLance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
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.