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RICHARD F LABARBERA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 6, 1944 – June 24, 1966
Service recordRichard F Labarbera, of Freeport, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 6, 1944
- Home of record
- Freeport, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 87
- CARL JOSEPH LATOURSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE P LEBRUNPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- LAWRENCE FREDERICK NYMANLieutenant (junior grade) · June 24, 1966
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · June 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 83
- LLOYD HERBERT BRAYEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 84
- WILLIAM ELLIS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 84
- OCTAVIO FEBUSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 84
- ALLAN ALPHONSA GANZYPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 85
- BILLY MONROE GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 85
- AARON MILTON HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 85
- KENNETH R KAAIHUEStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 87
- ROBERT WOODSON REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 88
- HORACE POPE ROGERS JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 88
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 88
- GORDON RAY SKYLESSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 89
- CARROLL LAVERNE TUTHILLSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 89
- HOLLIS ALLEN WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 90
- JERRY HIOTT WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 90
From Freeport
- DON BROWN PARSONS JRLieutenant Commander · September 19, 1966
- VICTOR JOSEPH RUGGERO JRPrivate First Class · March 12, 1967
- ROBERT MICHAEL WAINZLance Corporal · April 24, 1967
- DENNIS PATRICK MOLESEPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- JAMES LEE SHANKSMajor · May 24, 1968
- KEVIN BERNARD MCGOVERNSergeant · July 12, 1968
- BRUCE ROBERT J N SWEENEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- VIESTURS REIKMANISSpecialist Four · August 6, 1969
- THOMAS LAWRENCE MORANOSpecialist Four · February 8, 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.