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RICHARD HERBERT NALEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 9, 1946 – May 2, 1968
Service recordRichard Herbert Naley, of Pompano Beach, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Pompano Beach, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 14
- CLAUDE EDWARD MCQUEENLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- JAMES PATON NICHOLSONPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- FELIX OCASIOLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
- MICHAEL DEE OLIVERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PAUL LEONARD ABRAHAMCorporal · Panel 53E, Line 44
- LEON GONZA HAMILTON JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 8
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HUGHESPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 9
- MARK JOSEPH ROMANPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 16
- DENNIS STEVEN TOTCOFFCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 19
- JULIUS LEMUEL WALKER JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 20
From Pompano Beach
- GLEN FREDERICK MERRIHEWSpecialist Four · February 11, 1962
- PHILLIP THOMAS STAHLSpecialist Five · March 9, 1966
- PETER HENRY ALBRIGHTSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
- THOMAS FRANK PHILLIPSCorporal · February 24, 1967
- JAMES FRANKLIN LAMNCorporal · February 28, 1967
- FRANK HERBERT THOMAS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- MICHAEL DWAYNE WALKERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VANDERZICHTLance Corporal · September 9, 1967
- OLIVER BELL JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · January 20, 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.