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RICHARD SAMUEL MOHN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1945 – July 16, 1966
Service recordRichard Samuel Mohn, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 16, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 28
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Lebanon, Pennsylvania (Lebanon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 16, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 16, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 28
- JAMES MARVIN GODSEYLance Corporal · July 16, 1966
- ROY DWIGHT HEASTERPrivate First Class · July 16, 1966
- WILLIAM F LABRECQUE JRLance Corporal · July 16, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN MAULLance Corporal · July 16, 1966
From Lebanon
- PETER CHARLES MOOREPrivate · April 23, 1964
- JAMES IRVIN BOYERPrivate First Class · September 16, 1965
- CARL THOMAS BAALSpecialist Five · November 9, 1965
- GARY WAYNE FRIEDMANNSeaman · March 11, 1967
- HAROLD CURTIS NYEPrivate First Class · June 24, 1967
- ROBERT AMMON SNAVELYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- GARY FRANK DISSINGERCorporal · October 27, 1967
- SOLOMON WILLIAM DEHARTPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- JOSEPH R WENZLERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MATARAZZI JRCorporal · August 10, 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.