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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Albert Wall.

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ROBERT ALBERT WALL

Corporal · U.S. Army

October 1, 1949 – April 18, 1970

Service record

Robert Albert Wall, of Jessup, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 11W · Line 23

Position of Panel 11W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
Unit (as recorded)
101 AIRBORNE DIV
Born
October 1, 1949
Home of record
Jessup, Pennsylvania (Lackawanna County)

Casualty

Date of death
April 18, 1970
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

18 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. 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 11W, Line 23

Same unit, same day

From Jessup

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.