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ROBERT DALE HERTZ
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 28, 1948 – January 13, 1971
Service recordRobert Dale Hertz, of Denver, Colorado, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1971, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 43
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Denver, Colorado (Denver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1971; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 43
- HAROLD EDWARD CARRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1971
- DENNY RAY EASTERCorporal · January 13, 1971
- JERRY LEE MOFFETTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1971
- ROBERT RAYMOND ENOS JRSpecialist Four · January 14, 1971
From Denver
- BRIAN KAY SKINNERFirst Lieutenant · December 9, 1964
- MORRIS OLEN MUSICK JRLance Corporal · August 20, 1965
- DUANE WHITNEY MARTINCaptain · September 20, 1965
- JACK BRIAN LEAFPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ERNEST CALVIN KELLYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- FRANKIE LEYBA VARGASPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- RADFORD DOUGLAS HOGANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- FRANK SCOT CRISMONLieutenant · December 30, 1964
- ELOY DURANStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1966
- THOMAS WILLIAM STASKOCaptain · February 18, 1966
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.