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RICHARD WILLIAM SALMOND
Captain · U.S. Army
May 2, 1946 – November 15, 1970
Service recordRichard William Salmond, of Metamora, Michigan, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 62
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Metamora, Michigan (Lapeer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 62
- WILLIS EDWARD EALEYSpecialist Four · November 15, 1970
- BERT MARRION GUENTHER JRSergeant · November 15, 1970
- THURSTON CONRAD HEAGGANSCorporal · November 15, 1970
- VINCENT LOUIS ROSSI SRSergeant First Class · November 15, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLARD F SCHELLINSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 63
From Metamora
- THOMAS NORMAN HARRISONPrivate First Class · June 22, 1966
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.