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RICHARD NASH MCINERNEY
Captain · U.S. Army
December 8, 1938 – March 11, 1967
Service recordRichard Nash McInerney, of Garden City, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 8, 1938
- Home of record
- Garden City, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; 21 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 63
- FREDDIE MARSHALL JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ALLAN BRUCE MCCUTCHEONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCKENNAPrivate · March 11, 1967
- JERRY MARCUS MOODYLance Corporal · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 55
- LOREN AARON ARMLINSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 56
- WILLIE JAMES BAKERPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 56
- DONALD LEE BENNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 56
- MIKE ARMENDAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 57
- DENNIS JOHN DEMICHAELPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 57
- ROY EDWARD GARDNERStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 58
- JOSE GARZA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 58
- DANA LEON GERALDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16E, Line 58
- CALVIN KYRLE GRAESER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 59
- GUY PAUL GUADAGNOSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 59
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 60
- JOHN ROBERT KREIDLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 61
- DOUGLAS O MUNDHENKESpecialist Five · Panel 16E, Line 62
- FREDDIE MARSHALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 63
- BRADLEY EUGENE PETERSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 64
- RICHARD A ROWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 65
- ROBERT EARNEST SCHOPPAULSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 65
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 66
- ANDREW TRAPANIStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 66
- RICHARD STEVEN WOODPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 66
From Garden City
- ROBERT ANTHONY KISCHSecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
- TIMOTHY JOHN SHORTENFirst Lieutenant · March 31, 1968
- WALTER CHAPMAN JONES IIICaptain · April 4, 1968
- FREDERICK RICHARD OHLERSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- PHILIP FRANCIS SHERIDANLance Corporal · April 14, 1968
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.