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ROBERT ALFRED DONDERO
Sergeant Major · U.S. Army
June 15, 1927 – November 6, 1969
Service recordRobert Alfred Dondero, of Brockton, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 37
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 Major (SGM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Command Sergeant Major (00Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 15, 1927
- Home of record
- Brockton, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quang Duc Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 37
- DONALD ALAN CLARBOURSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- RONALD LAWRENCE DELONGCorporal · November 6, 1969
- JAMES WAYNE ROBERTSONSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES SCHEELYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1969
From Brockton
- WILLIAM DAVID FRAWLEYLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MULLENMajor · April 29, 1966
- ROBERT LEON BOSSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- RONALD E BERRISFORDPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD HOULIHANCorporal · July 6, 1967
- WLADYSLAW STANISZEWSKICorporal · July 7, 1967
- DANNY ERIC GOODWINLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- THEODORE FRED JOHNSONCorporal · January 18, 1968
- HUGH RICHARD JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 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.