Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: 919th Engineer Company, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 12B – Combat Engineer
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 1-Jun-1948
Hometown: Dallas, North Carolina
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 15-May-1968
Start of tour: 5-Dec-1968
Incident date: 10-Apr-1969
Date of casualty: 10-Apr-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died of wounds. Explosive Device. Other explosive device.
Ricky David Mauney died from wounds received while a passenger in a military vehicle on a military mission when the vehicle hit a hostile mine. Individual was admitted to a military medical facility and expired shortly thereafter. / Passenger on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on Rome Plow security mission when vehicle hit hostile mine. Individual admitted to 2d Surgical Hospital, Lai Khe, on 10 Apr 1969 at 0900 hrs and later expired. Incident occurred 10 Apr 1969 at 0840 hrs.
Location of fatality: Binh Duong, South Vietnam, XT 800 434
Place of interment: Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, North Carolina, USA
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