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ROBERT DALE STAGGS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
November 23, 1944 – July 21, 1969
Service recordRobert Dale Staggs, of Louisville, Illinois, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 32
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Louisville, Illinois (Clay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1969; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 32
- JAMES NATHANIEL GAYSpecialist Four · July 21, 1969
- ANSELMO SANTIAGO-ARROYOPrivate First Class · July 21, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL SROKA JRCorporal · July 21, 1969
- DUNCAN ALBERT WARWICKCorporal · July 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- YOUEAL DEAN ERWINSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 29
- JOHN T FUDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 29
- LUIS ALONZO SOTELOStaff Sergeant · Panel 20W, Line 29
- GEORGE ALLEN GRINNELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 20W, Line 30
- Macdonald Brooke HALSEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 30
- EUGENE RAYMOND RIPPELSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 31
From Louisville
- DELBERT RAY PORTERPrivate First Class · January 15, 1971
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.