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RICHARD VINCENT DALY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1947 – July 27, 1968
Service recordRichard Vincent Daly, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 19
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Born
- November 8, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 19
- RUSSELL GENE HOFERCorporal · July 27, 1968
- MICHAEL THOMAS MAJESKILance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- RICHARD ROBERT OBERTSergeant · July 27, 1968
- DONALD GONZALES PACHECOSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.