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RICHARD FRANCIS BUBALA
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 2, 1945 – April 11, 1966
Service recordRichard Francis Bubala, of Whiting, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Whiting, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 97
- CLARENCE EDWARD BARNESSergeant · April 11, 1966
- HOWARD CALVIN BLEVINSSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- ANDREW J CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- WILLIAM HARVEY CAUSEYSergeant · April 11, 1966
From Whiting
- DAVID GRANT BROWNCorporal · October 14, 1965
- RONALD PHILIP SOUCYPetty Officer First Class · May 23, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS LENZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- MICHAEL J KURELLACorporal · February 14, 1968
- DENNIS ROBERT MUVICHSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT KLAPAK JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- TEDDY LEON HAMELCorporal · November 25, 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.