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RICHARD MICHAEL MAHON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 9, 1948 – January 4, 1970
Service recordRichard Michael Mahon, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 125
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 9, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 125
- JOHNNY LEE HAWKINSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- DAVID SAMUEL JONESLance Corporal · January 4, 1970
- REGINALD WALLACE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
- DANNY WAYNE OVERTONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1970
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.