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RICHARD RAPHAEL MELADY
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
December 20, 1938 – January 17, 1969
Service recordRichard Raphael Melady, of Dumont, New Jersey, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 17, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 27
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Torpedoman's Mate (TM)
- Born
- December 20, 1938
- Home of record
- Dumont, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 27
- GEORGE ALBERT KURTYKATechnical Sergeant · January 17, 1969
- BRUCE SEARIGHT MCFADYENLieutenant · January 17, 1969
- MARK DAVID MITCHELLWarrant Officer 1 · January 17, 1969
- JAMES MICHAEL MONTEMAYORPrivate First Class · January 17, 1969
From Dumont
- RICHARD ALAN WOODSpecialist Four · February 4, 1967
- MICHAEL ROBERT NAWROSKYCaptain · July 6, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY PFEUFERSpecialist Four · November 19, 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.