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DANIEL JOHN TABABOO JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 11, 1947 – May 12, 1968
Service recordDaniel John Tababoo JR, of Culver, Oregon, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 59E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachute Rigger (43E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Culver, Oregon (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59E, Line 14
- LAWRENCE FRANK TURNERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1968
- RICHARD WILLIAM VANBLARCOMSpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- DARRELL VERNON VANCESpecialist Four · May 12, 1968
- JOE L WARELance Corporal · May 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL A BAILEYCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 29
- JAMES LEE LAKESergeant · Panel 59E, Line 6
- BRUCE JEFFREY WILDERPrivate First Class · Panel 59E, Line 15
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.