Richard Allen Menees

Sergeant
MIKE BTRY, 4TH BN, 12TH MARINES, 3RD MARDIV
United States Marine Corps
31 January 1945 - 31 March 1967
Blue Mountain, Mississippi
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3RD MARDIV

12TH MARINES
Purple Heart, Good Conduct, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

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15 Mar 2006

Sergeant Menees was a good crew chief who was respected by everyone who worked with him. He was fair to everyone he worked with and when he needed help no one failed to come forward. Men like Sergeant Menees will be greatly missed by all of us who knew him.

From a friend,
Joe E. Oldham
oldham1147@earthlink.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The March 1967 Command Chronology for the 4th Bn, 12th Marines, contains the following entry:
"300157H [sic] - M/4/12 155 How (SP) blew up during a fire mission against the enemy. 3 KIAs and 3 WIAs were sustained."
The three men killed in the accident were The Command Chronology entry above contains a typographic error - the accident actually occurred in the very early hours of 31 March, not in the early hours of 30 March.




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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
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