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RICHARD SHELDON MODEN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 23, 1949 – May 5, 1970
Service recordRichard Sheldon Moden, of Bliss, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Bliss, New York (Wyoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 103
- ANDREW ZBIGNIEW LISOWSKICaptain · May 5, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD MALCOLM JRSergeant First Class · May 5, 1970
- PETER JOHN MARTINEZ JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1970
- GEORGE ARDEN MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES GARVIN DOUGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 101
- CRAIG JAMES FOXChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 101
- DAVID CRAIG GUNDERSONSpecialist Five · Panel 11W, Line 101
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCDONALDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 104
- ROBERT IRA RABBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 11W, Line 105
- JAMES DELVIN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 106
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.