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RICHARD EARL DABNEY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 10, 1946 – June 3, 1966
Service recordRichard Earl Dabney JR, of Smithville, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 155 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Smithville, Texas (Bastrop County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 1
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- GEORGE DALE WEEKSSergeant · June 2, 1966
- RALPH WARREN CASPOLECaptain · June 3, 1966
- RUSSELL THOMAS CHRISTIANLance Corporal · June 3, 1966
From Smithville
- DONNELL PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- DONALD JOHN MATOCHASecond Lieutenant · April 5, 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.