Richard Eugene Lomax
Specialist 4, U.S. Army
7th Infantry Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade
Entered the Service From: Mansfield, Ohio
Date of Birth: November 16, 1946
Date of Death: March 26, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Specialist, Fourth Class Lomax was a rifleman with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade. On March 26, 1968, he was on a search and destroy mission and was sent to place demolition charges on an enemy bunker, but there was a large explosion killing him. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
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At 0800 hours on March 26, 1968, SP4 Lomax was assigned the task of setting demolition charges on an enemy bunker complex found by his platoon while on a search and destroy mission. While placing the charges, there was an explosion in the immediate area of SP4 Lomax and he was never seen again.
The search was made for his remains, but the only items recovered were some equipment and remains identified as belonging to another individual who was also at the site.
Specialist 4, U.S. Army
7th Infantry Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade
Entered the Service From: Mansfield, Ohio
Date of Birth: November 16, 1946
Date of Death: March 26, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Specialist, Fourth Class Lomax was a rifleman with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade. On March 26, 1968, he was on a search and destroy mission and was sent to place demolition charges on an enemy bunker, but there was a large explosion killing him. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
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At 0800 hours on March 26, 1968, SP4 Lomax was assigned the task of setting demolition charges on an enemy bunker complex found by his platoon while on a search and destroy mission. While placing the charges, there was an explosion in the immediate area of SP4 Lomax and he was never seen again.
The search was made for his remains, but the only items recovered were some equipment and remains identified as belonging to another individual who was also at the site.
Richard Eugene Lomax
Specialist 4, U.S. Army
7th Infantry Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade
Entered the Service From: Mansfield, Ohio
Date of Birth: November 16, 1946
Date of Death: March 26, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Specialist, Fourth Class Lomax was a rifleman with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade. On March 26, 1968, he was on a search and destroy mission and was sent to place demolition charges on an enemy bunker, but there was a large explosion killing him. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
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At 0800 hours on March 26, 1968, SP4 Lomax was assigned the task of setting demolition charges on an enemy bunker complex found by his platoon while on a search and destroy mission. While placing the charges, there was an explosion in the immediate area of SP4 Lomax and he was never seen again.
The search was made for his remains, but the only items recovered were some equipment and remains identified as belonging to another individual who was also at the site.
Specialist 4, U.S. Army
7th Infantry Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade
Entered the Service From: Mansfield, Ohio
Date of Birth: November 16, 1946
Date of Death: March 26, 1968
Wars or Conflicts: Vietnam War
Memorialized: Courts of the Missing: Court B
Honolulu Memorial
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Specialist, Fourth Class Lomax was a rifleman with Company A, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 199th Infantry Brigade. On March 26, 1968, he was on a search and destroy mission and was sent to place demolition charges on an enemy bunker, but there was a large explosion killing him. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial
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At 0800 hours on March 26, 1968, SP4 Lomax was assigned the task of setting demolition charges on an enemy bunker complex found by his platoon while on a search and destroy mission. While placing the charges, there was an explosion in the immediate area of SP4 Lomax and he was never seen again.
The search was made for his remains, but the only items recovered were some equipment and remains identified as belonging to another individual who was also at the site.
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