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RICHARD WILLIAM OKEEFE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
January 6, 1945 – February 11, 1971
Service recordRichard William Okeefe, of Mt Kisco, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 11, 1971, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 97
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Mt Kisco, New York (Westchester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1971
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1971; five of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 97
- WAYNE ONEAL PATTERSONSergeant First Class · February 11, 1971
- VERNON EDWARD RAINEYCorporal · February 11, 1971
- LUCIO JON REISSpecialist Four · February 11, 1971
- DANIEL HARRISON TATELieutenant Colonel · February 11, 1971
From Mt Kisco
- STEPHEN CARROLL SANGERPrivate First Class · February 3, 1967
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.