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RICHARD ALDEN VINAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1945 – April 15, 1967
Service recordRichard Alden Vinal, of San Carlos, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 30, 1945
- Home of record
- San Carlos, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 32
- ROBERT AGUILARSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- FRANK ALBERT THOMPSONCorporal · April 15, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT UTTERSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- FRANCISCO MACEDO VALENCIACorporal · April 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROY BIHLMEYERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 28
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 28
- ROBERT LESTER FLORY JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 29
- WILLIAM C HURTSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 29
- LARRY SCOTT JENSENSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 29
- RAYMOND L KATZENBERGERSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 29
- DARRYL JAY KOCHPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 30
- ROBERT LEROY LAZEARFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 30
- JIMMY CARL MCCARTERPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 30
- WAYNE LEE MIDDLETONPrivate First Class · Panel 18E, Line 30
- LAWRENCE JOHN REICHERTSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 31
- ROBERT AGUILARSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 32
- JAMES ROBERT UTTERSpecialist Four · Panel 18E, Line 32
From San Carlos
- PRESTON JOHN SNYDERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- DANA RICHARD KELLEYAirman First Class · January 9, 1967
- DAVID WHITTIER MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1967
- MERWIN LAMPHREY MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · August 21, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH TISCORNIASpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- ROBERT ANDREW VANPATTENFirst Lieutenant · November 25, 1967
- BROCK ROWLAND SCHRAMMPrivate First Class · April 25, 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.