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RICHARD D ABOLTIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 11, 1946 – July 1, 1966
Service recordRichard D Aboltin, of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 114
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 114
- ABRAHAM SCHWARTZAirman Second Class · November 4, 1965
- EARL SMITHPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- EDDIE KENNETH WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- HARRY JAMES YOSTSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- PETER WALTER BAXTERCorporal · July 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY KEITH DEALPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 115
- BENJAMIN ORNELASSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 116
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 116
- JOHNNY WOODSONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 117
From Jamaica Plain
- GEORGE JOSEPH SKAPINSKYPrivate First Class · April 20, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS CONCANNONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
- DANIEL MACARTHUR KELLETTFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1966
- DAVID CHARLES HOLDENPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- JOHN PHILLIPS TAILLONSergeant · March 3, 1967
- CALVIN RONALD MACKAYSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH MAGEESpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- DANIEL J CONTESTABILESergeant · May 5, 1968
- MICHAEL PATRICK VAUGHANFirst Lieutenant · June 24, 1968
- DENNIS LEROY MORRILLPrivate First Class · March 20, 1970
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.