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ROBERT CHARLES TEDFORD
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 13, 1942 – March 22, 1969
Service recordRobert Charles Tedford, of Arlington, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 15
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 13, 1942
- Home of record
- Arlington, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 15
- CLYDE STANLEY SWEATTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- CLIFFORD LEE SWISHERPrivate First Class · March 22, 1969
- MOISES TAPIASergeant · March 22, 1969
- DAVID CLARK VALLANCESergeant · March 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DENNIS HOWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 11
From Arlington
- JOSEPH XAVIER GRANTCaptain · November 13, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER DAREING BRINEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
- DAVID EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- GLENN EDWARD HOBART IIISergeant · January 7, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS CAMERLENGOSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
- RICHARD HOWARD BUZZELLLieutenant (junior grade) · December 19, 1970
- JOHN MURRAY LEAVER JRCommander · May 8, 1972
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.