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RICHARD MICHAEL SECANTI
Major · U.S. Air Force
December 30, 1932 – August 19, 1967
Service recordRichard Michael Secanti, of Santa Monica, California, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 19, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 30, 1932
- Home of record
- Santa Monica, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 17
- DARREL ULDRIC MAHANCorporal · August 19, 1967
- CHARLES WARREN NEISZ JRPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM RAGLEStaff Sergeant · August 19, 1967
- JERRY JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
From Santa Monica
- ODIS DANIEL ARNOLDLieutenant Colonel · June 30, 1961
- MARK RICHARDSON CHASESpecialist Four · March 4, 1965
- DAVID MICHEL HANNPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- OSCAR ROLAND CARRIEREPrivate First Class · August 17, 1966
- BRUCE LEONARD KENNEDYLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- KENNY RYOSUKE SUZUKIPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- ALLAN HARVEY KATZPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- LAWSON DOUGLAS GERARDPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM F WARNERSecond Lieutenant · July 25, 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.