Name: CPT Richard Louis Basinger
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 05/12/1967 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 24.5
Date of Birth: 11/24/1942
Home City: Kenton, OH
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-363
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 19E-092
Aircraft: UH-34D tail number 147190
Service number: 090501
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7335 = Pilot HMH
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 06
Location: Quang Tri Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY, LIMA, OH
This record was last updated on 09/25/1999
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