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ROBERT DALE HARKER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 28, 1948 – May 5, 1969
Service recordRobert Dale Harker, of Sigel, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Sigel, Illinois (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 7
- MARTIN JOSEPH MAHERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
- ARTHUR T MALLINCKRODT JRSergeant · May 5, 1969
- BARRIE MYRON NEWTONLance Corporal · May 5, 1969
- HENRY CHARLES RAMSEYPrivate First Class · May 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERMAN LEE GRAYSONPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 5
- RODNEY ALLEN HOHNCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 6
- JOHN WALLACE STEWARTCorporal · Panel 25W, Line 8
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.