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DENNIS RICHARD TABOR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 5, 1943 – June 11, 1966
Service recordDennis Richard Tabor, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 11, 1966, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- A/C Communications/Navigation Systems Technician (6611)
- Born
- October 5, 1943
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1966; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 41
- JOHN ROY THOMPSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- FRANZ XAVIER WALLNERStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- J C WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RICHARD TED ARMSTRONGSecond Lieutenant · June 12, 1966
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.