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ADOLFO ANTONIO TABOADA JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 24, 1942 – October 24, 1965
Service recordAdolfo Antonio Taboada JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 24, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 133 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 133
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 133
- VANN DWAIN SHERRILLChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES ELBERT TANNERStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.