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RICHARD ALLEN CABLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 3, 1947 – June 14, 1967
Service recordRichard Allen Cable, of Shelby, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- April 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Shelby, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 101
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · June 14, 1967
- ROBERT LOW HOLLANDPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
- FREDERICK JAMES LECHAKSergeant First Class · June 14, 1967
- JOSEPH HERMAN URMANNPrivate First Class · June 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GLENDON ROMAN BARNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 100
- RICHARD GORDON BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 100
- FRANK A GIACOBELLO JRSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 101
- ROBERT ROGERS ROUSHSecond Lieutenant · Panel 21E, Line 102
- ROBERT FENTON STEIMERSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 102
- ROBERT EUGENE THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 102
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.