Richard Irving Bornheimer

Specialist Five
B TRP, 1ST SQDN, 9TH CAVALRY, 1 CAV DIV
Army of the United States
05 April 1947 - 02 August 1968
Newark, New York
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1 CAV DIV

9TH CAV RGT
Army Aircrew

Purple Heart, Air Medal, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

The database page for Richard Irving Bornheimer

Veterans' Day 2003

REMEMBERED

by
Rick Fisher
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04 Apr 2007

My fondest memory of Richard is a visit to his Dad's farm just before he left for Vietnam. A few of us drove over to wish him well and he was very sweet about it. He didn't seem worried and we were proud of him.

Years later I retrieved his name off of the Memorial Wall and I wanted to give it to his parents because I didn't think that they would get a chance to go to Washington but I never did. I'll remember him on his birthday tomorrow and always. God Bless him and his family and the America that he died for. I know he wouldn't recognize it today. I prefer to remember America that way as well when real heroes loved this country and thought it worth dying for.

From a high school classmate,
Michele Celso
shrimpy523@hotmail.com

A Note from The Virtual Wall

Two men of B Troop, 1/9 Cav, died when their UH-1C Huey (tail number 66-15055) was shot down in the A Shau Valley. Three injured crewmen were picked up, but circumstances precluded immediate recovery of the two dead. They were
  • WO1 James Warren Arvidson, who was flying his first mission as pilot-in-command, and
  • SP5 Richard Irving Bornheimer, crew chief.


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one who remembers,
Rick Fisher
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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 13 Nov 2003
Last updated 09/10/2007