McMahon, Richard A., COL

Military Intelligence

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Service Details

Current Service Status
USA Retired

Current/Last Rank
Colonel

Current/Last Service Branch
Infantry

Current/Last Primary MOS
1690-Military Intelligence Unit Commander

Current/Last MOS Group
Military Intelligence

Primary Unit
1950-1950, A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry (Rifle)

Service Years
1946 - 1979

Other Languages

German

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Additional Information

What are you doing now:

Writing articles and books, mostly in the travel field. Latest book, THE DARK SIDE OF GLORY, is a mystery/suspense novel in a military setting during the Korean War (Please Google the title for details).

Remembrance Profiles - 6 Soldiers Remembered

Furio, Tony, SFC, (1947-1967)	Mayo, Green Berry, 2LT, (1944-1951)
McGovern, Francis Jerome, 2LT, (1948-1951)	McGovern, Robert Milton, 1LT, (1946-1951)
Volheim, Herman, LTC, (1939-1966)	Volheim, Michael Cory, SP 4, (1968-1969)

1973-1974, United States Defense Attache Office, Saigon, Republic of Vietnam

From Month/Year July / 1973	To Month/Year July / 1974
Unit United States Defense Attache Office, Saigon, Republic of Vietnam Unit Page
Rank Colonel	MOS Not Specified
Base, Fort or City Saigon	State/Country Vietnam

Patch	United States Defense Attache Office, Saigon, Republic of Vietnam Details

	Type Joint
	Parent Unit Defense Attache Office (USDAO)	Strength Command
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Oct 22, 2018

Memories For This Unit
Best Friends Col Perrin Gower, USAF

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