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RICHARD NORMAN MAMIE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 6, 1947 – June 24, 1969
Service recordRichard Norman Mamie, of St Clairsville, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 9
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 6, 1947
- Home of record
- St Clairsville, Ohio (Bedford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 9
- JAMES THOMAS MOOREStaff Sergeant · June 24, 1969
- JESUS ALBERT PEREZPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
- LAVON NEIL PRATHERSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- RICHARD DANIEL ROBERTSPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
From St Clairsville
- RICHARD KING ZIMMERMANMajor · January 20, 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.