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ROBERT ALFRED LODGE
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 30, 1941 – May 10, 1972
Service recordRobert Alfred Lodge, of Lynbrook, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 10, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- June 30, 1941
- Home of record
- Lynbrook, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1972
- Age
- 30
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1972. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 19
- DONALD EDWARD HOWELLSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
- FREDDIE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
- THOMAS ALLAN LAHNERSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
- KENNETH ROSENBERGCaptain · May 10, 1972
From Lynbrook
- MICHAEL PATRICK DONLONSergeant · June 5, 1966
- LOUIS EDWARD PIZZUTOPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- PATRICK GALLAGHERCorporal · March 30, 1967
- MARTIN LOUIS PLOTKINSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM MOINESTERLieutenant (junior grade) · January 31, 1968
- JAMES CALVIN COCKERLSecond Lieutenant · May 19, 1969
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.