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RICHARD DALE MCNABB
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 28, 1948 – July 21, 1969
Service recordRichard Dale McNabb, of Hialeah, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 30
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Hialeah, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 30
- JAMES MICHAEL COXSergeant · July 21, 1969
- GEORGE ALLEN GRINNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 21, 1969
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID LOUNSBURYPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARCHIE GLENN CULVERSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 28
From Hialeah
- TED PETER NEURA JRCaptain · December 12, 1963
- ROBERT LYMAN TAYLORStaff Sergeant · February 1, 1964
- BILLY HOWARDGunnery Sergeant · March 22, 1966
- ADELBERT F MIHALEK IVSpecialist Four · October 30, 1966
- ALBERT JUDSON HAYESFirst Lieutenant · February 14, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD BERRIOSCorporal · November 27, 1967
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
- TIMOTHY HAROLD ARTMANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL MISIUTAPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURCH JRAirman · March 17, 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.