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ROBERT DALE SHOEMAKER
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 14, 1948 – February 12, 1969
Service recordRobert Dale Shoemaker, of Clarksville, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 23
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Clarksville, Tennessee (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 23
- WILLIAM GRAVELLE SCOTT JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN SHEPHERDPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
- STEPHEN ADAMS SHORTALLFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1969
- DAVID WAYNE SMITHPrivate First Class · February 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERTO ACEVEDOSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 18
- GEORGE KIRTLAND HAMILTONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 32W, Line 20
- RICHARD D BARTHOLOMEW JRSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 21
From Clarksville
- LAWRENCE WOODSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WOODROW WILSON VADENMajor · December 10, 1964
- DONALD HOWARD MEEKSpecialist Five · September 16, 1965
- JAMES DAVID LONGStaff Sergeant · September 30, 1965
- HUGH CAMPBELL GALBRAITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 24, 1966
- FRANK LUTHER HUDDLESTONMaster Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- ROBERT DONALD JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- HAROLD A BEAVERSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
- JOSEPH LYLE FARMERSergeant · December 31, 1967
- DONALD PETER GERVAISMaster Sergeant · May 1, 1968
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.