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RICHARD RAYMOND KANE
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1942 – September 12, 1967
Service recordRichard Raymond Kane, of Wayne, New Jersey, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on September 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 61
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Qualified Rf-4b Airborne Reconnaissance Officer (I) (7585)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VMCJ 1 MAG 11 1 MAW
- Born
- December 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Wayne, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- September 12, 1967
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “VMCJ 1 MAG 11 1 MAW”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 26E, Line 61
- FRANK ELLIOT LYONSpecialist Four · September 12, 1967
- ROBERT KENT MATTSONPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- JERRY BRUCE MENANECorporal · September 12, 1967
- JAMES ANTON MORRISONSpecialist Four · September 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · Panel 26E, Line 60
From Wayne
- RALPH WESLEY VALTLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- DANIEL FRANCIS THOMPSONSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ROBERT FRANCIS MCMANUSCorporal · August 12, 1968
- FRANK ERIC SACHARANSKIFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- PETER RICHARD CRESSMANSergeant · February 5, 1973
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.