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ROBERT CLARK DAWSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 5, 1947 – June 18, 1970
Service recordRobert Clark Dawson, of Garner, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Garner, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 63
- RAFAEL ALBERT CHAVEZChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 18, 1970
- HENRY PATRICK CLARKSergeant · June 18, 1970
- DONALD DAVID DOUGLASSergeant · June 18, 1970
- SCOTT E KILLINGSWORTHSpecialist Four · June 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHARTONPrivate · Panel 9W, Line 66
From Garner
- DONALD LEE WALLStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- ALLEN SHEFFIELD STROUDCorporal · June 17, 1968
- THOMAS WARREN DAVISPrivate First Class · May 13, 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.