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ROBERT DALE MCFALL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 26, 1949 – March 10, 1970
Service recordRobert Dale McFall, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Cape Girardeau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1970; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 105
- STUART BASSETT LAMKINFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1970
- WILLIAM LORIMER IVCaptain · March 10, 1970
- FLOYD MOYESpecialist Five · March 10, 1970
- STEVEN LLOYD PETERSSpecialist Four · March 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LORIMER IVCaptain · Panel 13W, Line 105
From Cape Girardeau
- GARY LEROY SCHEMELPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- ROBERT RAYMOND GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1966
- ELWIN HARRY BUSCHCaptain · June 9, 1967
- JOHN SHELBY BURFORDMajor · August 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE TAYLOR JRCorporal · March 8, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD FINLEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- TERRANCE LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- STEPHEN BLAKE PEELSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- EARL WATSON THARP JRSpecialist Five · June 26, 1970
- BILLY JACK HOGAN JRSergeant · November 29, 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.