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RICHARD JOHN DALEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1950 – May 6, 1969
Service recordRichard John Daley, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 16, 1950
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 10
- MICHAEL LYNN CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · May 6, 1969
- GEORGE LAFAYETTE COODYStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1969
- STEEVE ALEXANDER CRAWSHAWStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1969
- IRENARDO FELIX PADRONCaptain · May 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TYSON VANCE BEALLCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 9
- OLIVER ADRIAN BEST JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 25W, Line 9
- JAMES ALLEN BLAINSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 9
- JOHN OTTO BOWMANSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 9
- PAUL JOHN KRONTHALERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 12
- RICHARD M LUCKENBACH JRSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 12
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 12
- WILLIAM LODI NEGRINICorporal · Panel 25W, Line 13
- FRUTO JAMES OQUENDOSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 13
- GILBERT GONZALES PALACIOSergeant · Panel 25W, Line 14
- FOSTER LEE SONNIERSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 14
- JOSE SOTO-CONCEPCIONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 15
- JOSEPH WOODARDCaptain · Panel 25W, Line 15
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 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.