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ROB GEORGE MCSORLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 26, 1951 – April 8, 1970
Service recordRob George McSorley served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 107
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1951
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 107
- LARRY WAYNE DOUGLASLance Corporal · April 8, 1970
- CHARLES ALBERT FRALEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
- JEFFREY ALEXANDER FREEMANSergeant · April 8, 1970
- JAMES MATTHEW MCDONALDPrivate First Class · April 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD TORRES CALDERONSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 106
- LYNN ARTHUR OSBORNSpecialist Four · Panel 12W, Line 108
- THOMAS ALLEN SCARBOROFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 108
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.