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ROBERT ALLEN POWELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 4, 1941 – June 12, 1966
Service recordRobert Allen Powell, of Webb City, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 6 BN 14 ARTY I FF
- Born
- October 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Webb City, Missouri (Jasper County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 6 BN 14 ARTY I FF”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 43
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- CHARLES WALTER PARSONSStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- KENNETH EDWIN SOMEROSergeant · June 12, 1966
- BILLY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
From Webb City
- JULIAN ALLAN MCKEELance Corporal · March 16, 1967
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.