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ROBERT DALE KAVICH
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 17, 1952 – November 22, 1970
Service recordRobert Dale Kavich, of Jeffersontown, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 77
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 17, 1952
- Home of record
- Jeffersontown, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6W, Line 77
- BRENT ALLAN HAYTONPrivate First Class · November 22, 1970
- ROBERT LARRY HUDSONPrivate First Class · November 22, 1970
- MATEO JUAREZSergeant · November 22, 1970
- MARK ALLAN LARSONPrivate First Class · November 22, 1970
From Jeffersontown
- CARL A HUMPHREYSergeant · February 24, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT HUCKLEBERRYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- GERALD LEE RISINGERSergeant · July 7, 1970
- STEVEN LEE FAWBUSHCorporal · July 24, 1970
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.