Vietnam War Richard Edward Carey (born 10 January 1928) is a retired United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General.

He earned the Silver Star medal while serving as commander of Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines on 23 March 1951, prior to his medical evacuation to the United States after being wounded in action.

[1] In 1951, he served for a year as a company commander at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, and then reported to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, for flight training.

As a lieutenant colonel at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in 1966, General Carey assumed command of Fighter Attack Squadron 513 (VMA-513).

[1] Carey is a graduate of the Naval War College and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from George Washington University.