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EVERETT LEROY TABOR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 25, 1940 – January 3, 1967
Service recordEverett Leroy Tabor, of Pekin, Illinois, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Baker (94D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 25, 1940
- Home of record
- Pekin, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 114
- CHARLES LINDON VANOVER SRMaster Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- GARY CARL RUHLOFFSpecialist Four · January 3, 1967
- JOHN STEVEN BAGOPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- JOE HAROLD KEIFERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1967
- DONALD GEORGE REICHPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
From Pekin
- ALDO ROSSI JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- JERRY W BELLSergeant · May 18, 1966
- JOHN W CLAYTONCaptain · November 20, 1966
- LARRY GENE ASBRIDGECorporal · August 12, 1967
- RAMON ARTHUR MEEKERLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN SPURLOCKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · May 7, 1968
- ALONZO LENORD DIXONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CALVIN FRANKLIN BUTTERFIELDPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE BLOOMERCorporal · September 3, 1968
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.