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RICHARD ALLISON DORNELLAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 2, 1947 – January 27, 1970
Service recordRichard Allison Dornellas, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 37 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 71
- WAIN PERRY CRAIGSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- PRESTON LEE HALLSpecialist Four · January 27, 1970
- EVERETT DELOY HERRENCaptain · January 27, 1970
- STEPHEN ARTHUR KRAMERSergeant · January 27, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE HOBBSPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 72
- JACKEY VAN KNIGHTENPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 72
- FLOYD DANIEL WIMERSergeant · Panel 14W, Line 73
- ROBERT LEE YOUNGSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 73
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 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.