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ROBERT DALE TOMLINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 14, 1942 – October 3, 1968
Service recordRobert Dale Tomlinson, of San Leandro, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 14, 1942
- Home of record
- San Leandro, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 1
- DENNIS DEAN REESESpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- CLAUDE TILLMAN ROPERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- MYRON RUDOLPH ROSS IIPrivate First Class · October 3, 1968
- RALPH SCHIAVONEFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAWSON CLEMENTSSergeant First Class · Panel 42W, Line 66
- RONALD LEE CONROYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 42W, Line 67
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 67
- DONALD JAMES CRAMER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 67
- DAVID JOSEPH DELLANGELOSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 67
- DAVID A DISRUDSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 68
- ALLEN EDWARD GOMESSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 68
- DALE GENE GRANGERSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 68
- THOMAS EUGENE JOHNSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 42W, Line 69
- JOHN WILLIAM LUCIERPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 70
- JOE JUNIOR HIBBLERPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 72
- DAVID B PERREAULTSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 72
- JERRY LEE PIERCE JRSpecialist Five · Panel 42W, Line 72
- DENNIS DEAN REESESpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 1
- MICHAEL DUANE SEESpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 2
- CHARLES JAMES WALLACEStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 2
- DENNIS ARTHUR WIRTSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 2
- WILLIAM RANDOLPH YOUNGStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 3
From San Leandro
- ROBERT LEWIS ENGBERSONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CLAE TERRY NORMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- LEO CHARLES LAWSONCorporal · July 25, 1966
- ARNOLD BRIAN WALLACEPrivate · January 25, 1967
- KENNETH EDWARD BYERSPrivate · April 4, 1967
- GAYLORD DEAN PETERSENLieutenant Colonel · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT THOMAS ABINAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOSEPH D DAUGHTON JRPrivate First Class · February 13, 1968
- HARRY LEWIS BOYLESergeant First Class · July 23, 1968
- RICHARD FRANK WILLIAMSFirst Sergeant · January 8, 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.