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RICHARD EDWARD DALY JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 6, 1946 – July 18, 1968
Service recordRichard Edward Daly JR, of Worcester, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Blunt Force
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 11
- JOSEPH JOHN GUCWAPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- THOMAS LEON GUTHRIEStaff Sergeant · July 19, 1968
- DENNIS WRIGHT KEEFELance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- GUY RICHARD KINGSpecialist Four · July 19, 1968
- MELVIN STETTINIUS LAMARCorporal · July 19, 1968
From Worcester
- THOM THURSTON OSBORNPrivate First Class · January 28, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE DRAKE JRHospitalman · March 20, 1966
- ROBERT J DIREDAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- PAUL RICHARD CAPUANOPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- DANIEL VICTOR MANZAROCorporal · April 1, 1966
- RALPH VICTOR RENAULD JRPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- WALTER STEPHAN MOONEYLance Corporal · September 5, 1966
- RICHARD CHARLES JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 26, 1966
- RUSSELL PETER BOTTMaster Sergeant · December 2, 1966
- ALLAN PHILIP COLLAMORE JRLieutenant Commander · February 4, 1967
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.