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RICHARD EUGENE TABOR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1949 – January 7, 1971
Service recordRichard Eugene Tabor, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 32
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Cheyenne, Wyoming (Laramie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1971; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 32
- KENNETH ROGER RUSHINGFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1971
- WILLIAM CHARLES VASEYLieutenant · January 7, 1971
- DOUGLAS MARTIN BECKMANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1971
- JAMES HOWARD CARTWRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN ELDON BOOTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 30
- RICK SAMUEL BROWNSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 30
- GERALD WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 31
- RUSSEL COURTNEY NELSONCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 31
From Cheyenne
- ROBERT FRED GUTHRIEPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY BECKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM BERTUS ESSLINGERPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- LAWRENCE DANIEL TORREZLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- EDWARD MCNALLYSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- FRANK MAXWELL DARLINGPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOSEPH ANTHONY PADILLASpecialist Four · May 18, 1968
- EDWARD RAYMOND BRAUNPrivate First Class · July 21, 1968
- DENNIS BARRY FARRISPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM KOBELIN IICorporal · March 6, 1969
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.